Top 15 Most POWERFUL Icebreaking Ships

The most powerful icebreaking ships mankind has ever built. These are the ships braving the arctic climates and finding new passages for commerce.
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[@peterjohnston1224]

I worked on ic-breaking supply boats in Canada's arctic. The company built a ship called the Kigoriak - a class 4 breaker - it can maintain continuous over-the ground speed in 4 feet of first year ice. A design feature was her bow was wider than her hull - they were called reamers - which aided maneuverability. 2 x 12,500 shp Sulzer diesels into a single massive CP propeller housed in a Kort nozzle. The prop and nozzle were deep under the hull so didn't plug too often - but it's the biggest draw-back of the design. She punched above her weight - easily breaking through 2m of first year ice. Too bad she wasn't mentioned.

[@moromoro5711]

Excuse me but Helsinki was NOT in former USSR. Helsinki is the capitol of Finland. The Taimyr frame was made in Finland Wärtsilä Shipyard 1989. Reactors were installed in St. Petersburg in Russia.

[@kakiwayang508]

Clearly they know nothing about ice breaker ships.

[@chinwansang462]

Yes, many people don't know Finland icebreakers are the best in the world !!!!

[@markopalikko6986]

@@chinwansang462 kyllä on.

[@SovietWarryor]

Not Helsinki, but Helsingfors. The city was founded by the Swedes in 1550. This city became the capital of a new Russian province in 1812. What the Finns have to do with this city is absolutely incomprehensible to me.

[@CERBERUS_73]

@@chinwansang462No Russia has the most powerful icebreakers in the world

[@maidpretty]

"Arktika" icebreaker is now in service.

[@JesusReinaC]

You know what - all of the 15 most powerfull icebreakers are Russian! All of them. It is just like all top 10 most venomous snakes in the world are Australian! So is it. The Swedish, US and Japanese (I stopped watching when the Oden came up) don’t classify (bu far) to be included. Please be correct, even when you don’t like the facts.

[@chinwansang462]

Yes, also Finland have the best icebreakers in the world !!!!

[@igorl1363]

👍👍👍

[@lindalacombe6581]

Interesting to note that icebreakers don’t plot through ice but actually drive up onto the ice and let the weight of the bow break the ice. That’s probably why they are all so heavy eh! 🇨🇦

[@jadielemmanuel5514]

i know I am kinda off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

[@aaronosborne4906]

14:18 Me - Why do you have shark teeth on the bow of an ice breaker? Captain - To scare the ice, Why else! Me - Riiiiight ?!

[@АлексейЛаврентьев-ч2п]

I'm prety shure that the Arktika is complete and is serving on the NSR, with the #10 Sibir being it's sister ship along with 2 more. #1 icebreaker was called "Leader" now renamed to "Rossia" is actualy twice as powerfull with 4 shafts totaling way over 100k HP. You have mixed up images of them.

[@ddeaae]

These are Magnificent Vessel's and need much Respect.

[@RUSS-wk4ll]

The title of the video is Top 15 Most POWERFUL Icebreaking Ships, аnd then you started showing the weakest Icebreaking Ships in the world. It is useless to make such a video because all 15 of the most powerful icebreakers are in one country, Russia. Compared to Russian icebreakers, all other icebreakers in the world can hardly be called the most powerful.

[@kakiwayang508]

This list completely rubbish.

[@CERBERUS_73]

Yes Russia is the best

[@JohnJ469]

Just a thought. The power of some ships is given in Horsepower and others in Megawatts meaning viewers are supposed to do the maths on the fly. Pick a unit of measure and stick to it.

[@tptp-yl6gr]

There is all kinds of new measurements. Lengths are in football fields, heights R in Eifel towers or empire state bldgs. Water is in Olympic swimming pools. And more.

[@Unotch]

I am pretty sure that the last thing Miriam Makeba ever thought would be dedicated to her was an icebreaker. ^^

[@olmadepov]

so many cool ships

[@kakiwayang508]

Which figures that defines your powerful list??? Size??? Power output??? speed??? I completely confused with your list?

[@hatemali9379]

Keep the videos up

[@jussi6905]

this list was jokelist, us coast guard should not be in the Most POWERFUL Icebreaking Ships list. where are all the finland`s icebreakers, for excaple?

[@koontzzlyrics8098]

😆 🤣 😂 😹 Top 5 goes to Russia

[@KhKh-xi7bl]

Okay all of these ice breakers chips are very cool they can get his ninja go somewhere so ice breaker ships or come in the bathrooms are very cool they can bring to and break ice

[@waterbeing3197]

Please check your pronunciation of Agulhas. The rest was great thanks.

[@brucemartini2288]

idea for these ships, have the hull emit outward pulse/vibration to assist breaking of thick ice

[@pg396]

No word on the Hot Chocolate Production capability on these ships. Classified?

[@ericriley922]

Man I would love to be the caption of a boat like that or co piolet just chill on it so what I want see all the beauty

[@jarekcimrman8382]

Impressive

[@BeCuriousarabi]

هل تعلم ان 99 بالمائة منكم لن يقرأ هذا التعليق ولكن . . . . . انت من ال 1 بالمائة وهذا يعني انك شخص مميز ونيتك صافية ...اتمنى لك دوام الصحة والعافية واطال الله في عمرك وعمر من تحب و رزقك من حيث لا تحتسب

[@UzzeRR]

и тебе желаю всего самого хорошего =))

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks !

[@allgood6760]

Awesome... I been on the Polar Star when it visited down under.. Thanks 👍🇳🇿

[@TomNyon]

Interesting that no Finnish icebreakers made the list.

[@ristojokinen1258]

Finland is very much depend on ice brakers at winter time, but power is not everything, for every icebraker and tugs body structure and agility are more important than raw power, specially in finland there is so much tiny islands that huge size is not advantage, other thing is that in Finland icebrakers are also used as 'tugs' to pull ships trough difficult areas so it is very important that that function works also.

[@houstonwehaveaproblem6858]

Ice breaker/cruise ship? Wish I’d thought of that....or afford to do it. Sounds interesting 🤔

[@thatredfox33-82]

Agreed! If money is an issue. I have a solution!!! Read me out here. SpaceX has released a beta sign up for the Starlink internet. This is for people in northern latitudes. Sign up for the beta. Then tweet Elon Musk. Tell him you need $750,000,000. So you can build an ice breaker that can hold about 3000 people. Then tell him that it might be a good idea to have(insert long list of Cruse things). If he asks why you that (list of Cruse things) Tell him they will need it to celebrate the Success of Starlink. If he says what if it fails? You say ICEBREAKING CRUISE SHIP!!!!!!! DREAMS TO REALLY.

[@robert.adamek]

@@thatredfox33-82 Sir, this is Wendy’s

[@shawndouglass2939]

Should be very nice since there's only128 guests onboard😉

[@SherriRichLifeJohnson]

👍 nice video

[@olmadepov]

on the last video in top 5.. Arghulas was 5, 50 yr of victory was #1 , yamal was not even on the list

[@kadenc1181]

umiak 1

[@wozza77able]

It’s like he picked the most pissweak boat as the list goes on

[@ThatGuy-sd3zl]

Due to global warming we need ice breakers... 🤔

[@TroyWilkinson978]

As the ice caps melt the colder water moves further south creating a far greater area of ice covered ocean. Its all bullshit of course but that's what they mean.

[@shawndouglass2939]

@@TroyWilkinson978 yes it's definitely bullshit, just follow the money😜

[@manumr4644]

You forgot an antartic one the icebreaker "Almirante Irizar"

[@tyemurphy694]

Man it weird how large channel just can pivot to popular to Barely 1000 likes, things change

[@ashtonregular6931]

Where is the Umiak 2? Very powerful ice breaker!

[@jejeyay6180]

To tell you the truth I like the channel but I like your voice😚😋🤪❤️❤️❤️

[@mortazamortaza7373]

Shut up

[@chagys5035]

Saludos desde Oax México 🇲🇽

[@bigboy40146]

Sorry I don't speak Mexican 🤷‍♂️

[@FJPETER]

It cleary clearly doesn't make any sense to pollute the sensible arctic environment with diesel engines. Nuclear reactors are clean and powerful while save and extremely low carbon emissions. The American and Asian ship yards should buy the powerhouse from the Russian and put their electric propulsion systems feed by nuclear.

[@evgeniylitvin8077]

15:30 small clarification - Russia already has the largest and most powerful icebreaker fleet in the world

[@seanlepley1474]

13:39....so that's how they made the wall, castle black must be just out of frame 🤣

[@DenisKorablevich]

polar star???

[@grigol101]

На 14 месте. Хотя тут места не понятно как давались.

[@lucianopasserini179]

@@grigol101 vedere quel piccolo zar fa male al cuore !!

[@pmjd42]

Why is Russia building ever bigger ice breakers if the ice is thinning due to gorebull warming?

[@sherylcoetzer1]

Maybe they know something we don't. Seriously, no matter what there will always be places where these ships are needed.

[@houstonwehaveaproblem6858]

Because they can?

[@pmjd42]

@@sherylcoetzer1 I guess where there is ice.

[@JA-ds2cc]

They know the arctic ice cap is NOT melting. AGW is a lie.

[@GoldNargacuga]

Maybe they are getting prepared for nuclear winter.

[@XPEH999]

top 15 powerful icebreakers? pff in this video there should be 16 nuclear icebreakers of Russia

[@therockcasserole3563]

ive seen the yamal in action. it costs 50,000 usd for a place on the yamal. it goes to the north pole.

[@thatlittlefox.]

0:30 Thank you for mentioning capital of my country.

[@caitgems1]

Russians make the best icebreakers.

[@elias-zb4zs]

Wrong. Finland makes the best icebreakers

[@DenisKorablevich]

@@elias-zb4zs pfff

[@Elena-ef7dk]

@@elias-zb4zs 😂

[@japutaruko8052]

@@elias-zb4zs lol. Keep dreaming.

[@vicdor1031]

Say, the most powerful ones.

[@JohnSmith-hf3qv]

Man feel bad for the polar bears. Ice is already melting and you have these humans breaking up what's left

[@sashanascott776]

Who else watching an reading the comments?

[@neilpuckett359]

Are our Coast Guard ice breakers constructed in American shipyards?

[@Danadams-v1s]

Yes.

[@kaburgess69]

Dude, it's a steam turbine generator, not turbo.

[@dmmchugh3714]

But do these ships have enough closet space?

[@harrybrookes5012]

Is it just me or does he sound like simple history

[@possumheadcarpentry]

The first Russian ship has apparently got two names, unless they call one half one name and the other another

[@grigol101]

These are 2 icebreakers "Taimyr" and "Vaygach", made according to the same project. Here is a video where they are together. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWqbfamMiJ1jb5o

[@sunilnegi5966]

Gjb

[@Landon_Ghiotto]

I’ve been on the Mackinaw and it’s a nice ship

[@evantgse]

How

[@shawndouglass2939]

I've been to Mackinaw city and Mackinaw Island, very Awesome😁

[@dataman6744]

Weired classification. What are the parameters of this ranking. It's all over the place.

[@smurface549]

Useless list. There are vessels mentioned just becaues they've conducted some research operations, or possess "unique features" - but no mention of e.g. the 2016 launched Polaris as the first and only LNG powered ice breaker (which also outperforms the Polarstern or the USCGC Healy, which both made it into the list, by far).

[@kristensorensen2219]

#153👍👏👏🤔💖💖

[@cosf918]

what a load of crap this list is . Russia should have the top 5 spots and when the Siber comes on online they will have the top 6 spots .

[@samhamsord7942]

0:30 WTF? 80 centimeters? It's draft is 8m.

[@DAVE-J-B]

80 cms deep did I hear that right...

[@joshuaoloruntoyin-balogun704]

Hello

[@t-ree]

early

[@borisezomo8751]

Interesting but incomplete and outdated

[@sultrie7005]

Hi.

[@sultrie7005]

You are very helpful , thank you.

[@vanya3393]

Again, Argentina doesn't seem to exist... it's doesn't matter that it's the only country in the world with 100 years of continous presence in the Antartic and has one of the biggest icebreakers in the world.

[@Nurembergwarcriminal]

Ur Voice is familiar

[@thewalrus8932]

OMG. Floating Chernobyl 's

[@pubert4845]

Stoooodent. Pooootin. Give me strength.

[@davearbogast2882]

Errr, how can you call this "Top 15 Most POWERFUL Icebreaking Ships" when some are just works in progress? Have you not learned from the years of CCCP and Russian propaganda that words do not equal deeds ?

[@chinhtinhnguyen5866]

Không công bằng Tàu Nga mạnh như thế mà lại xếp hạng sau hàng loạt tàu US

[@Tony-1950]

I am a dumb American, I do not understand meters and the rest, thanks anyway.

[@Nurembergwarcriminal]

Swedes... Keep out from gulf of bothnia and Finnish waters

[@valitino2704]

Top15 icebreaker and then is just one. Then after this one come the real icebreakers which guess, alm Russian. Who knows why? 😂 😂

[@BDCALLAIS]

Global warming bah!

[@eusebiozhuri7472]

Russia is campion in the world 🇦🇱🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇦🇱🇦🇱💤💤💤💤💤💤💤

[@kinsagamoto]

Russia!

[@gondokist]

Why dont you make somekinda ice destroyer GEAR in the front of the ship, u know, like the sharp teethed giant wheels atached to the front of the ship to literally destroy the ice not just ride above it and break it?? Put a high torque diesel engine on the wheels and spin in just 1000rpm and you will be ready to destroy even 5 meter thick of ice with ease and much smaller ships. 😉

[@billsmith878]

Ñ in

[@LL.Johnson]

"... When Russian president Vladimir Putin had to push back the ship's completion date due to delays related to the "Crimean crisis in Ukraine"..." Very interesting that you chose to gloss over the fact that HE INVADED UKRAINE!

[@robertchutney]

The Crimean citizens desided in referendum to be anexet to Russia!

[@tingleblade4274]

@@robertchutney the legitimate authorities (elected by the people) voted to leave Ukraine. Then there was the entry into Russia, voted in a referendum (>90%). This is not an annexation.

[@vicdor1031]

And what? US military has invaded Iraq, Afganistan, Syria, and etc. etc. for the past recent years.

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

The Russians need to chill with the nuclear reaction! They seem to get in trouble with it. I wish we all stopped the nuclear garbage!

[@houstonwehaveaproblem6858]

Right. Or stop until they figure out a way to decommission safely. They already have several nukes sitting in shipyards they can’t deal with.

[@ryanthomas5962]

Nuclear power technology today is unbelievably more safe than back in its earlier decades. If more countries were smart, they would start to switch over using nuclear energy. They are essentially meltdown proof nowadays, and the process of waste disposal is environmentally safe. You don’t have to believe me, but feel free to read up on the topic from reputable scientific sources.

[@ВладимирАлексаныч]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaqsgJebhrl8etk&ab_channel=barboss

[@japutaruko8052]

These are all Russian ships haha

[@martinnebola9586]

Ha,ha,ha. It is shit. If you like speak about 15 MOST POWERFUL Icebreaking ships,you need speak only about Rusia Icebreakrs...every ship from diferent country hove low power and possiblle to use only in the port or near the coast. Rusia have largest icebreaker fleet in the world. USA have only couple and low icebreakers. The US has no equipment for the polar regions. Only nuclear icebreakrs have power for long and strong work. Diesel has been limited. Diesel is low,weaknes and cant use for long travel... Sorry,but it is true.

[@ericmiller8980]

Why meters and not feet? Thought top five was out of the USA? Liberal channels...smh, more dislikes

[@doublehelix7880]

Maybe because the entire world uses metric except USA and Liberia.

[@tristansundquist1834]

So because people died on the boat they put it higher on the mist😂. Makes perfect sense.

[@chrisroberts4518]

Keep say “ It goes without saying? Then say it! Annoying after a while, great videos thou

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

Lol

[@wozza77able]

Chris Roberts I like how the first ice breaker can operate in 80cm of water, a fucking jet ski would have trouble doing that!

[@shawndouglass2939]

@@wozza77able yeah that's very impressive😁

[@heikodewal7433]

The Ikaluk was once the Smit Sibu, owned by Smit International. This was not a Russian company but Dutch.

[@davearbogast2882]

Yeah, the Staff" making these videos appear to just string together photos and short vids they find with commentary not based on facts.

[@olavtrygvason9599]

What about NoCGV Svalbard, it has been to the North Pole and shit

[@sandinjamieson6427]

You are my favourite channel on KZbin

[@ChrisKane-]

Woo!

[@bigboy40146]

@@ChrisKane- why?

[@danielteaque5387]

More tons to less tons smdh😢

[@Paul-e9x4h]

Teknologi ini medannya cukup berat

[@ianboard544]

So we have a 171 MW reactor and turbo generators totalling 16.8 MW. What happened to the rest of the power?

[@Something_toKnow]

Can I use some footage from your video I will give credit I will provide your channel link as well as video link in my every video

[@СаняШ-е4к]

50 лет победы в 5 раза мощнее куска говна Agulhas II

[@dogslivesmatterdanielstanc214]

The Chinese ice cutter there's looks very familiar?

[@RaihanunAizza-vb6br]

YOU A BOY?