Russia has failed to complete tests on its newest nuclear-powered icebreaker—the largest of its kind in the world—as there was not enough ice in the Arctic to carry out the trials. The Arktika ...

Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Arktika, took its maiden voyage out of St. Petersburg on Tuesday for a two-week journey to the northern port of Murmansk. The move comes as leaders of the ...

St. Petersburg — Russia's new flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker, said to be the world's largest and most powerful, left a shipyard on Tuesday headed for the Arctic. The massive ship is the physical ...

The world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker took its first maiden voyage but, despite being nuclear-powered, made the trip fueled by diesel. Arktika will be out to sea again next year. Completed in ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Arktika-class comes equipped with a bubbler system that shoots jets of hot steam below the surface of the water. The Soviet Union was the original progenitor of ...

Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, said to be the world's biggest and most powerful, has returned to St. Petersburg after a two-day test run. Arktika, ordered by state nuclear company ...

The Arktika, Russia's new nuclear-powered icebreaker championed by the Kremlin as the largest and most powerful of its kind in the world, has set sail on its maiden voyage to the Arctic as part of the ...

MOSCOW, October 3. /TASS/. The first nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika of project 22220 has reached the North Pole during her trials, the Baltic Shipyard said on Saturday. "At 18.00 on October 3, the ...

They were rushin’ to the North Pole. Russia is still waiting to test its new nuclear-powered icebreaker because the Arctic ice wasn’t thick enough on its first trip, state news agency TASS reported.

MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. The Arktika lead nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 (Rosatom’s Atomflot fleet) left for the first voyage in waters of the Northern Sea Route. The eastbound voyage from ...

The multipurpose nuclear ice-breaker Arktika is seen during its departure from the Baltic Shipyard for ice trials in the Arctic Ocean. ZUMAPRESS.com Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker, the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Whichever country has an interest in the Arctic area will still need to break through some ice, though there will be less ice in the future. Whoever gets there first ...