Russia will soon start the construction of the world’s largest and the most powerful nuclear icebreaker at the “Baltiisky Zavod” shipyard in St. Petersburg, deputy general director of “Rosatomflot” Stanislav Golovinsky said at a news conference. There is a suggestion to name it “Arktika” in honour of the famous icebreaker that was the first to reach the North Pole. The new universal icebreaker is capable of breaking through up to 3 meter-thick ice layer. Tags: icebreaker, News, Society, Russia, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
