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The Pierre Radisson-class icebreakers, also known as R-class icebreakers, are a class of four icebreakers constructed for and operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The Canadian Coast Guard designates the four ships in the class as medium icebreakers. Built in two phases, the first three ships, Pierre Radisson, Franklin and Des Groseilliers ...
Project 22220 icebreaker. Project 22220, also known through the Russian type size series designation LK-60Ya, [note 1] is a series of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers. The lead ship of the class, Arktika, was delivered in 2020 and surpassed the preceding Soviet-built series of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful ...
Polar class. 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 ...
CCGS Amundsen[note 1] is a Pierre Radisson -class icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1979 as Franklin and was renamed Sir John Franklin in 1980 and served as such until 1996. Declared surplus, the vessel was used as an accommodation ship in Labrador in 1996 and placed in ...
Reactions. Types. Warm-up exercises. Group interaction exercises. See also. References. Icebreaker (facilitation) An icebreaker is a brief facilitation exercise intended to help members of a group begin the process of working together or forming a team. They are commonly presented as games to "warm up" a group by helping members get to know ...
Helipad and hangar. CCGS Arpatuuq (Inuktitut: [aʁpatuːq]) is a future Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker that will be built under the Polar Icebreaker Project as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. The ship was initially expected to join the fleet by 2017 but has been significantly delayed and is now expected by 2030. [8] The ship was ...
1.5–2 knots (2.8–3.7 km/h; 1.7–2.3 mph) in 2.8 m (9 ft) ice. Endurance. 7 years (reactor fuel) 6 months (provisions) [9] Crew. 75. Aviation facilities. Helideck and hangar. Chukotka (‹See Tfd› Russian: Чукотка) is a Russian Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker currently under construction at Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg.
Aurora Borealis is a proposed European research icebreaker, comparable to the world's strongest icebreakers, [ 2 ] planned jointly by a consortium of fifteen participant organizations and companies [ 3 ] from ten European nations. If built, she would be the largest icebreaker ever built as well as the first icebreaker built to the highest IACS ...