In Pictures: At Work With An Arctic Icebreaker

Arctic Icebreaker Gallery

This amazing gallery follows the work of the Russian nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal as it navigates around the Arctic, Siberia and Greenland as it takes part in the scheduled evacuation of drifting ice stations.

Each station houses 18 polar explorers, dogs, and more than 150 tons of cargo. The evacuation of station personnel and cargo from a drifting ice floe requires three days of continuous, round-the-clock work.

Yamal is one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world and must cruise in cold water to cool it’s reactor, meaning it cannot pass through the tropics to undertake voyages in the Southern hemisphere.