Amid record low Arctic sea-ice, Russia to lay down yet another nuclear icebreaker
The fifth in a row of nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220 will be laid down at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on December 18.
The icebreaker, to be named Chukotka, is planned for commissioning in 2027 and is the last in the series of the world’s most powerful icebreakers. The first, Arktika, is currently on her first working mission in the Ob Bay escorting commercial ships outside the Gydan Peninsula.
