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Yamal (Russian: Ямал) is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker operated by Atomflot (formerly by the Murmansk Shipping Company). She is named after the Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Siberia ; the name means End of the Land in Nenets .
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 diesel-powered icebreaker operations are ...
This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels ... Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal. Lenin (1959–1989; museum ship in Murmansk)
As the leading vessel in Russia's second nuclear icebreaker class, Arktika became the classification name for five icebreakers to follow: the Sibir in 1977, Rossiya in 1985, Sovetskiy Soyuz in 1989, the Yamal in 1992 [7] and the 50 Let Pobedy in 2007. The first of new class of nuclear icebreakers, Project 22220, was launched in 2016.
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 icebreaker in the world.
The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the ...
Finland has 12 icebreakers and Canada has nine, while Russia has 36, according to U.S. Coast Guard data. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finnish President Alexander Stubb discussed the pact on the sidelines of this week's summit, which focused largely on the alliance's efforts to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Gallery of Russian icebreakers "Ice heroes": Read a Q&A with Canadian Coast Guard acting commanding officer. Canadian Geographic: View a Canadian Coast Guard slideshow. Pushing the Limits Short history of Russian icebreakers by Roderick Eime; Icebreaker at the North Pole: Video of nuclear icebreaker Yamal visiting the North Pole in 2001