More Icebreakers Coming to Aid Russian Arctic Ships
December 12th, 2021Via: Eye on the Arctic:
Never before at this time of year have so many vessels been rescued out of the ice, says Russia’s nuclear icebreaker operator Rosatom.
The Arktika will join three other nuclear-powered icebreakers that already are busy escorting ships across the increasingly icy waters. The Vaigach has for the past weeks been hectically engaged with icebreaking in the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea, where up to 20 ships have been locked in the ice.
This year’s early freeze in the Russian Arctic created a critical situation in the region and several ships are now several weeks behind their original time schedules.
