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Heiner Kubny
More icebreakers are needed to keep the Northern Sea Route open. Since new material is not available so quickly, the only option is to keep old icebreakers 'alive'.
The icebreaker "Sibir" is already the second delivered icebreaker of the 22220 class and will complement the rapidly growing fleet of powerful icebreakers
Dr. Michael Wenger
The world's most powerful icebreaker, the "Arktika" has led a convoy through the pack ice of the Northeast Passage for the first time.
In order to ensure regular, year-round navigation along the North Sea route, it is necessary to build two additional icebreakers of the LK-60 class.
A difficult situation has developed in the delivery of goods to Chukotka. From July to September, three times fewer ships arrived in the ports than usual.
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.
Australia's new icebreaker "RSV Nuyina" left the shipyard on August 31, 2021 and began its 24,000 km journey home. She is expected in Hobart at the end of October.
Japan's Marine Science and Technology Agency will begin building a new icebreaker in 2021 to conduct research in the North Pole region.
Julia Hager
The question of why sea ice melts rapidly after strong storms in the Arctic Ocean has now been answered by a research icebreaker that was involuntarily trapped in the ice.
The Chinese People's Congress in Beijing decided on March 5, 2021 to participate in the construction of a "Polar Silk Road".
