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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on March 12, 2012, 06:02:00 PM

Title: Canada’s new icebreaker able to operate “in more difficult conditions”
Post by: Mark on March 12, 2012, 06:02:00 PM

And here I thought the Arctic ice was getting thinner.

“Aker Arctic Technology of Finland will be joining a team led by STX Canada Marine, to design the Canadian Coast Guard’s future flagship, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker,” says this article on IANSlive.
 
Several stories tall and able to accommodate 100 personnel, the new vessel “will be able to operate autonomously for 270 days in the Arctic, over a larger area and in more difficult conditions than any of Canada’s current icebreakers.”
 
“The new ship will be able to break through 2.5 metres (7 feet) of ice at three knots, according to a statement of Good News, a Finland based news portal.”
 
http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/384230/SCIENCE%20&%20TECHNOLOGY/36 (http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/384230/SCIENCE%20&%20TECHNOLOGY/36)

Title: Re: Canada’s new icebreaker able to operate “in more difficult conditions”
Post by: Suezy on March 12, 2012, 08:09:42 PM

Wow that is some boat to get through the ice that thick at that speed.  Amazing.
Thanks Mark for the info.