WINTER NAVIGATION, SOVIET STYLE

The Soviet Union has developed and is continuing to expand a fleet of icebreakers to extend winter shipping along the Arctic route. With the addition of Finnish and Soviet built icebreakers (including nuclear powered) the Soviets have extended the navigational period to seven months. Description and listing is given of Finnish built Soviet icebreakers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Great Lakes Press

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• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 7-9
• Serial:
  • SEAWAY REVIEW
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Canadian Coast Guard

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Icebreakers; Nuclear powered icebreakers; Operations; Shipbuilding
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions; Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic operations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152685
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Seaway Review
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM