Great-power competition is growing in the Arctic, but lawmakers want to cut funding for the US’s next icebreaker NOW WATCH: Watch the incredible moment an iceberg flips out of the water and causes a huge wave See Also: 20 NFL players who lost a ton of weight in retirement and how they did it The […]
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Arctic giant: 1st new Russian icebreaker in decades starts sea trials (PHOTO, VIDEO)
Ilya Muromets, the Russian Navy’s cutting-edge icebreaker designed for Arctic operations, has begun sea trials. RT looks at the country’s first military icebreaker in 40 years, set to become a one-of-its-kind reinforcement for sailing in icy high seas. The next-generation diesel-electric icebreaker Ilya Muromets (Project 21180) has set sail on Thursday for 27-day trials in […]
All aboard: Inuit board CCGS Amundsen icebreaker to take part in Nunavik health study
Roughly 2,000 Inuit from all 14 Nunavik communities are now taking part in a health study aboard the CCGS Amundsen icebreaker dubbed Qanuilirpitaa? (How are we?). CBC | Health News
Massive & impressive: Icebreaker festival kicks off in St. Petersburg (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published time: 30 Apr, 2017 09:32Edited time: 30 Apr, 2017 09:37 If you need something to boost your ‘tough Russians’ stereotype, an icebreaker festival has just kicked off in St. Petersburg. The mammoth Arctic-ice-cracking vessels are hosting the public, while smaller tugboats are set to waltz across the water. This year, six vessels are taking […]