“Arktika” (in 1982–1986 was renamed into “Leonid Brezhnev”) – the second heaviest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world, the main Arctic icebreaker of Arctic class leading icebreakers of the USSR (among the “Sibir,” the “Rossiya,” and others) designed to escort cargos in the Arctic seas. It was constructed in the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad in 1974. In 1975 it had test operations in the Kara Sea and long-term pack ice in Shokalsky Strait (Severnaya Zemlya). It is 179 m long and 30 m wide, water draft is 11 m, and displacement is 23,460 t. Capacity of atomic energy propulsion is 75,000 hp, maximum speed in open water is 21 knots. The crew comprises 150 people. The hull lines made it possible to break the ice 5 m thick. The ship and its mechanisms are fully automatic. On the stern there is a landing pad and a shed for a helicopter. In August 1977 the “Arktika,” under the command of Captain Y. S. Kuchiev, reached the North Pole. The expedition lasted for 29 days and the icebreaker...
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(2016). “Arktika”. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_45
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