Breaking the Ice: The Northern Sea Route

... emerging projects. Most people can recall this Prirazlomnoye Platform, as it has generated a lot of furore when Greenpeace at risk to their own lives and the response team attempted to climb atop of the structure (BBC, 2013). Safety First! Suslin of Sovcomflot warned at the conference that even with these revolutionary new technologies, like double-hull plating and icebreaking capacity, the Arc 7 vessels may still need to be escorted by traditional icebreakers as they face difficulties in medium ice conditions not to mention ...