🚢 Icebreakers in Action 🐧

💈 TO NORTH POLE 🎅 - • 🎅 Nuclear Icebreaker t...
This is a film showing scenes of icebreakers in action in the polar regions. The icebreakers in this film were breaking ice in the Arctic at the North Pole, along Canada's Northwest Passage, and across Russia's Laptev Sea. In Antarctica, they were working in the Weddell Sea, and the Ross Sea.
-- Table of Contents --
00:08 Introduction
00:36 I/B 50 Years of Victory to North Pole
07:35 CCGS Henry Larsen (icebreaker) in the Northwest Passage
15:14 USCGS Polar Star (icebreaker) in the Ross Sea
19:17 I/B Kapitan Khlebnikov in the Northeast Passage
27:47 I/B Yamal leading convoy in the Kara Sea
29:03 I/B Kapitan Khlebnikov in Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
39:11 M/V Ortelius (ice-strengthen ship) in the Ross Sea
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[@hanabangirawan3291]

yes , russia ice breaker is the best in the world ,.

[@Vanishingink4]

The first Russian icebreaker when not breaking ice has cruises civilians can go on. There’s a video called the first nuclear powered cruise ship that talks about which country’s still have nuclear powered civilian vessels.

[@riverrivers250]

Thats so amazing and so powerful,,,, the canada ship isnt impressive as the russian ship,,, it

[@Kanamit.]

This is a long video, but it was timeless while watching it. I found myself at the end without feeling how much time passed by.🚢🚢🚢

[@tletter]

+J. D. Good to hear that you stuck with it 👍

[@cohall46]

Very interesting and enjoyable. Noted that the broken pale blue ice is covered by possibly 12 inches of white ice.

[@Седойподводник]

🇷🇺⚓⚓👍👍👍💯%

[@DemitriX.]

Beautiful work as always.

[@tletter]

+Demitrix Thank you! Cheers!

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

I'm from California so no frozen lakes here. I do have a question, though. When the icebreaker passes through a breaks up the ice how long does it take to re-freeze?

[@tletter]

+The Gospel Quartet Paradise Difficult to answer as freezing depends on wind speed, sea state, surface temperature, etc. When these conditions are right, you can literally see the ocean slowly freezing up before your eyes.

[@CoCojoy420]

Amazing to my soul, Russian icebreaker, supergood

[@axtonkarson2634]

a trick : watch series at KaldroStream. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.

[@anthonygarrett3926]

@Axton Karson yea, I have been watching on Kaldrostream for months myself :)

[@rolandryder5811]

@Axton Karson definitely, I have been using kaldroStream for years myself :)

[@achillesmarcos1717]

@Axton Karson Yup, I've been watching on kaldrostream for since november myself :D

[@duaneayers6117]

My stepfather was in the Coast Guard back in the late 60s early 70s on a Icebreaker in the Antarctic. He shared some great stories.

[@tletter]

+Duane Ayers You're lucky to have heard those stories.

[@DevilOnlyKnitsLace]

Absolutely stunning video. Horrible music.

[@MatthewWilliams-pd7iy]

Great video.... thank you

[@stovetopburner4196]

Wow , very good video . I learned a lot from watching video .

[@igorsimac391]

Artika class is the best, that 2 colour look is just owesome and makes sense - all Russian icebreakers should be like that. Great video thank you!

[@carlosromero3247]

Great video greetings from Honduras 🔥

[@zootsootful]

This would've been a perfect video if the commentator had pronounced the word nuclear properly, instead of sounding like a warmongering yokel.

[@tletter]

+zootsootful According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the colloquial pronunciation British /ˈnjuːkjʊlə/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ukjələr/ (frequently rendered in written form as nucular[...]) is now commonly given as a variant in modern dictionaries. But if this acceptable pronunciation spoiled my film for a yokel like you, then sobeit.

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

Thanks for posting this video!!!

[@davidcarmack5074]

I served aboard the Polar Star and sister ship Polar Sea before she was decommissioned.

[@tletter]

@davidcarmack5074 I envy your icebreaker experience.

[@chagys5035]

Saludos desde Oax México 🇲🇽

[@tletter]

+Chagy s saludos

[@MrLaTEchno]

Nice ''save-screener material'' ......... Thank You for the share.

[@tletter]

+MrLaTEchno Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Leader977]

Russian machines are amazing 😳

[@NELSONG12]

Great video of your incredible journey. Thank you for sharing.

[@tletter]

+Nelson G. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@dennisoriel4313]

interesting Russian made machines...so powerful & practical.

[@ch003pe]

they said America spent a lot of money to develop a pen that writes upside down zero gravity The Russians used a pencil

[@Jessersadler]

@@ch003pe is it upside down, or in Zero G? Contradicting yourself.

[@ch003pe]

@@Jessersadler both you can be upside down and not be in zero G and the other way round.

[@adriancarter2863]

Actually non-nuclear versions built in Finland 🇫🇮🙂.

[@rostislavsvoboda7013]

There's only one problem remaining to solve and that is why Russia is broke? I believe it has something to do with waging pointless wars and building useless machines instead of... you know instead making sure you have enough to eat.

[@dalechristianson6783]

great video but how good for environment i know for science they just can not leave shit alone

[@tletter]

+Dale Christianson The Arctic ice is not a solid cover rather it naturally opens and closes all the time due to wind and ocean currents. The passage of this icebreaker is not causing any damage.

[@nicolobraghini1546]

Nice video! Is always amazing seeing a man with the passion of video making

[@tletter]

+Nicolò Braghini Thanks for commenting.

[@medea27]

The dichotomies in icebreaker engineering are endlessly fascinating. Building these huge, heavy, reinforced ships with massive horsepower to brute-force through the ice... then using the relatively gentle action of air bubbles to keep the hull free from re-freezing. Really loved seeing the differences in the ice & wildlife between the Arctic & Antarctic too. Brilliant video! 🐧

[@eastendyves]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@tletter]

+eastendyves Thanks for watching & commenting.

[@Eid_Ali]

next time, please take some snacks for the bears

[@tletter]

@Eid_Dod I did - see kzbin.infoU_3YZy7-upk

[@i8ittoo]

At 7.30 in , why did a ice breaker need another ice breaker???

[@tletter]

+day 2 day An ice-strengthen ship is not an icebreaker and if the captain tries to use such a ship as an icebreaker, he'll punch a hole in it. That is why an icebreaker was needed.

[@tuunaes]

Because only ice breaking on that likely tourist cruiser happens in drink glass. Propably wouldn't qualify for Winter time in Northern Baltic Sea, if that little/loose ice was problem.

[@miichti]

Very good!

[@richardwaddle2136]

Ilya Minchenko b

[@Pineconepicker1]

As a northern nation, Canada's icebreakers are a joke and embarrassment. They have known since the Cold War and the establishment of all but 1 of the Inuit settlements on Baffin Island and points north, that they would need arctic capable icebreakers. That lack of respect for people often left people without the annual needed supplies. It took 70 years for the government to finally decide to build one.

[@tletter]

+Rick S The "Polar Class Icebreaker Project" was supposed to deliver the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker icebreaker by 2017 but has been delayed to at least 2030!

[@mytravelmedia]

Nice video - very interesting - thanks

[@tletter]

+mytravelmedia Good to hear that you enjoyed it.

[@Watcher1852]

ENJOYED VIDEO THANK U

[@richardtutor8331]

Loved the video. Thank you for uploading.

[@tletter]

+richard tutor Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@pupdowg420]

And oh yah commercial shipping has nothing to do with the melting of the polar ice caps.

[@tletter]

+Jan Rodgerson Please tell us about your research on the subject and where we can find your academic paper on the subject.

[@pupdowg420]

@@tletter My what? I'm 54 years old. Played in DOA, yah look it up. Am a member of the Canadian musicians hall of fame. I'm social.y aware of this planet and everything that goes on within it. What are your papers? I'm only interested in my family's well being and the false paranoia propagated by fuck wits. That being said, I love the Russian ice breakers and wish my country had the balls to tell America to fuck off and build our own.

[@bombarderoazul]

Do the chinese have ice breakers?

[@tletter]

+Jose Espinoza Yes they have a couple now, and will probably build more as they seek to become a major player in the polar regions.

[@bombarderoazul]

@@tletter thanks for the info

[@Praktical_]

This machines are absolutely amazing, the progress we have made with ships in astonishing

[@tletter]

+Scott Jurrjens The huge new Russian icebreakers (Arctica class) are even more impressive.

[@Praktical_]

@@tletter indeed, the Russians build some truly insane machines lol

[@rajendrajasathy4356]

Why can not these ships take the path of least resistance, where ice was already broken. Breaking ice is actually hurting environment.

[@tletter]

+Rajendra Jasathy The Arctic ice is not a solid cover rather it naturally opens and closes all the time due to wind and ocean currents. The passage of this icebreaker is not causing any damage.

[@jamesmarkey5946]

America needs state-of-the-art icebreakers

[@tletter]

+James Markey The U.S. Coast Guard expects to receive its first new heavy icebreaker, known as the Polar Security Cutter, in 2025.

[@Scharnhorst44]

@@tletter diesel?

[@tletter]

@@Scharnhorst44 PSCs designed to have a diesel-electric power plant rated at over 45,200 hp (33,700 kW).

[@timc9372]

Awful commentary

[@tletter]

+Tim c Sorry to hear that, your refund is in the mail.

[@markmadrid4721]

That's why there is global warming because of these ships breaking the ice 🧊

[@tletter]

+Mark Madrid The Arctic ice is not a solid cover rather it naturally opens and closes all the time due to wind and ocean currents. The passage of this icebreaker is not causing global warming.

[@markmadrid4721]

@@tletter that's what you think, u have to be blind to not notice they are doing damage to mother earth, nobody is supposed to be there on that side of the world, on that side of the world there is no life but ships polluting the air and damaging the earth,whatever humans put their hands on they destroy,u have to be blind and close minded to not see that, or u r making lots of money, destroying the cover of earth

[@anthonyrennock1850]

Icebreaking have nil to do with climate change. Or global warming..

[@markmadrid4721]

@@anthonyrennock1850 it's like cutting down the trees in a forest

[@indigospirit98]

All the ice breaking can’t be good for sea level rise 🤷‍♀️

[@tletter]

+Indigo Spirit Breaking of floating ice, doesn't cause ANY rise in sea level, which you can easily confirm at home with a filled water glass with some ice. Furthermore, the Arctic ice is not a solid cover rather it opens and closes, i.e. breaks up, all the time due to wind and ocean currents. Thus the passage of this icebreaker is not causing any "damage".

[@indigospirit98]

Gotcha 👍🏼 Thank you for your response. Looked like a trip of a lifetime. A cold one but definitely unique. Off to play with some ice n water 😁

[@7777777fresh]

is this thr we sold to canada?

[@o.a.m7954]

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺UUUUURRRRRAAAAAAA

[@xandervk2371]

Fun fact: the Northern Sea Route is controlled by Ilya Traver, a mafioso from St. Petersburg and a Putin crony since 1990s.