Arktika (icebreaker)
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 Russian nuclear icebreaker Arktika |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Operator: | Atomflot |
| Port of registry: | Murmansk |
| Builder: | Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Launched: | 26 December 1972 |
| Completed: | 25 April 1975 |
| Out of service: | 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arktika-class icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 23,460 tonnes |
| Length: | 147.9 m |
| Beam: | 29.9 m |
| Draught: | 11 m |
| Installed power: | 75,000 hp (56,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Shaft Nuclear |
| Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h) |
| Crew: | 150 |
NS Arktika is a nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Soviet (now Russian) Arktika class. In service since 1975, she was the first surface ship to reach the North Pole, on August 17, 1977.[1]
Arktika was retired for several years, but was repaired in the late 1990s.
On April 9, 2007 a fire broke out on the Arktika. The fire caused minor damage to three cabins and knocked out an electricity-distribution panel. The nuclear reactor was not damaged. There were no injuries. The icebreaker was in the Kara Sea when the blaze erupted, and was sent to Murmansk.[2][3] The ship was officially taken out of service in October 2008.[4]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arktika (ship, 1975) |
- ^ Paine, Lincoln P (1997). Ships of the World. Houghton-Mifflin. p. 39. ISBN 0-395-71556-3. LCCN 97-12872.
- ^ "Fire in nuclear-powered icebreaker", BarentsObserver. Published 2007-04-09.
- ^ Fire on an Atomic Icebreaker, Kommersantъ. Published Apr. 09, 2007
- ^ The last day of a nuclear-powered icebreaker, Barents Observer, 2008-10-02
Coordinates: 75°30′N 35°00′E / 75.500°N 35.000°E
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