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icebreaker

Also known as Icebreakers (Ships), Ice-breakers (Ships), Icebreaking boats, Icebreaking ships, Icebreaking vessels

thumb|upright=1.5|USCGC Healy |USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), at right, breaks ice around the Russian-flagged tanker Renda, south of [[Nome, Alaska, in January 2012.]] An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom.

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An icebreaker is a specially designed ship built to move through ice-covered waters and create safe passages for other vessels to follow. These ships are important for enabling transportation and navigation in polar and frozen regions where normal ships cannot operate.

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Commons category: Icebreakers

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Contents

History
Earliest icebreakers
Sailing ships in the polar waters
Steam-powered icebreakers
Diesel-powered icebreakers
Canada
Finland
Nuclear-powered icebreakers
Function
Characteristics
Ice resistance and hull form
Structural design
Power and propulsion
Nuclear-powered
See also
References
External links

For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice.