On October 3, the newly built nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” reached the North Pole, United Shipbuilding Corporation reported.
The icebreakers is currently making a voyage from St. Petersburg where it was built at Baltic Shipyard to Mumansk and undergoing ice trials.
Characteristics of the icebreaker:
- LOA – 173.3 m,
- Beam – 34 m,
- Draft – 10.5 m / 8.65 m,
- Speed – 22 knots (in clear water),
- Power capacity – 60 MWt,
- Icebreaking capacity – 2.8 m,
- Life cycle – 40 years.