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Heiner Kubny
Arctic sea ice extent grew faster than average in the winter of 2021/22, bucking the trend of ice melt, reaching record levels in January 2022.
As "Kronstadt Marine Plan" informed, the "Arktika" came to Kronstadt for repairs on August 11. The replacement of the right propeller engine took a month.
The most modern ship of Russia's fleet of icebreaker, the "Arktika" has left Murmansk after a longer stay and is again used for pilotage.
U.S. policymakers and global strategists have long misjudged the Arctic as a strategic region, according to The National Interest. Now this is taking its toll, wrote the American journal.
The new icebreaker "Arktika" reached the home port of Murmansk on October 12 2020 after 4800 nautical miles.
Rosatomflot announces that some nuclear icebreakers will be approved for another 50,000 operating hours.
