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  2. 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 .

  3. List of icebreakers - Wikipedia

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    Type 071 icebreaker Haibing 722 (海冰722, "Sea Ice 722") (1971–2013; in reserve) Haibing 721 (海冰721, "Sea Ice 721") (1973–2013; transferred to the China Coast Guard )

  4. Aiviq - Wikipedia

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    By then, the price of the vessel had climbed to $200 million due to material and equipment factors, such as the price of steel. [12] [13] The vessel was launched on 1 November 2011. [1] According to Edison Chouest spokesman Gary Chouest, "It [Aiviq] will be the world's largest and most powerful anchor-handling icebreaker."

  5. 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] She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 Healy visited the North Pole for the ...

  6. Voima (1952 icebreaker) - Wikipedia

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    Voima is a Finnish state-owned icebreaker.Built by Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki in 1954, she was the first icebreaker in the world to be equipped with two bow propellers [5] [6] [7] and generated widespread publicity that helped the Finnish shipbuilding industry to become the world leader in icebreaker design.

  7. Polaris (icebreaker) - Wikipedia

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    Polaris is a Finnish icebreaker. Built in 2016 by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, she is the most powerful icebreaker ever to fly the Finnish flag and the first icebreaker in the world to feature dual-fuel engines capable of using both low-sulfur marine diesel oil (LSMDO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  8. MSV Fennica - Wikipedia

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    MSV Fennica is a Finnish multipurpose icebreaker and offshore support vessel. Built in 1993 by Finnyards in Rauma, Finland and operated by Arctia Offshore, she was the first Finnish icebreaker designed to be used as an escort icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter months and in offshore construction projects during the open water season.

  9. Bay-class tugboat - Wikipedia

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    The Bay-class tugboat is a class of 140-foot (43 m) icebreaking tugboats of the United States Coast Guard, with hull numbers WTGB-101 through to WTGB-109.. They can proceed through fresh water ice up to 20 inches (51 cm) thick, and break ice up to 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, through ramming.