Russia Deploys All Eight Nuclear Icebreakers for First Time to Keep Arctic Export Routes Open | Principia Scientific, Intl. Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Gulf, underscoring the...

The #coldtech used in #ArcticRiver estuaries only really exists in #Russia.

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Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway just don't have such navigable river estuaries.

As #PowerOfSiberia #gaspipeline spread they'll be less essential but still in use for #Arctictrade