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  2. List of icebreakers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .

  3. Icebreaker - Wikipedia

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    An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships , it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom .

  4. List of ships built at Hietalahti shipyard (401 onwards)

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    Icebreaker 412 7413490: In service New bow in 1990. [14] Ymer: 1977 Icebreaker 413 7505346: In service [15] Kapitan Chechkin: 1977 River icebreaker 414 8878104: In service A series of six river icebreakers for the Soviet Union. Sister ships: Kapitan Plakhin, Kapitan Chadaev, Kapitan Krutov, Kapitan Bukaev and Kapitan Zarubin. Kapitan Plakhin ...

  5. Polar-class icebreaker - Wikipedia

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    Polar-class icebreakers USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) are heavy icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). These cutters, specifically designed for icebreaking, have reinforced hulls, special icebreaking bows, and a system that allows rapid shifting of ballast to increase the effectiveness of their icebreaking.

  6. USCGC Healy - Wikipedia

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    USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. [1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. [1]

  7. RSV Nuyina - Wikipedia

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    RSV Nuyina is an icebreaking research and supply vessel intended to support Australian scientific activities and research bases in Antarctica. Capable of deploying a wide range of vehicles, including helicopters, landing barges and amphibious trucks to support the resupply operation, the new ship provides a modern platform for marine science research in both sea ice and open water with a large ...

  8. Nuclear-powered icebreaker - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear icebreaker Yamal, 2015. A nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system. . Although more expensive to operate, nuclear-powered icebreakers provide a number of advantages over their diesel-powered counterparts, especially along the Northern Sea Route where heavy power demand associated with ...

  9. Category:Icebreakers of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Vasiliy Pronchishchev (icebreaker) Vaygach (1909 icebreaker) Vaygach (1989 icebreaker) Viktor Chernomyrdin (icebreaker) Vitus Bering (icebreaker) Vladimir Ignatyuk (icebreaker) Vladimir Kavrayskiy (ship) Russian patrol ship Volga