The Kigoriak
While most of Vessels spend their lives in the service of one country the kigoriak managed to serve in three but you see in the mid-1970s a company known as Canadian Marine drilling began to search for oil in the Beaufort sea and they built a Kenmar kegoriak in order to support those operations its primarily mission was to protect stationary drill ships from drifting ice through ice management along the vehicle was quite capable due to the 17 000 horsepower provided by its two engines the opertaion it was part of ended up being a flop by 1997 Kemar had more or less given up on finding commerical qualities of oil in the area and as a result they sold the kagoriak to an international canglomerative shipping companies who for tax purposes changed the nationality from Canadian to Linberian rename the kagorium her large cargo deck and powerful crane set he apart from many other ships in The cnglomerates Fleets and as a result this conglomerate used her in Marine Salvage operations for several years however in 2003 the decision was made to sell her to a joint venture between the Russian femco group and the netherlands based Smith terminals reflagged as a Russian vessel that gregoriak went back to its roots supporting the creation of oil platforms and oil drilling in the Arctic however due to the creation of much more powerful icebreakers by the late 2010s the kagoriak began to become redundant she was ultimately sold for scrap in Januray of 2022.
Zhong Shan Da Zue Ji DI
All the ships on this list the one with the strangest chain of ownership is the zhangchang dashway GD built by Nippon Kokon KK and Japan surimi shipyard between 1982 and 1983. It was immediately transferred to the Canadian part of the Beaufotrt sea where it was used by Gulf Canada resources in order to support oil drilling operations in the area however when it became clear that the oil reserves in the Beaufort sea were not all they were cracked up to be The Firm made the decision to sell the ship and it ended up transferring it in 1998 to the Russian company Smith International here it acted as a standby ship in the sea of otosk and after changing hands with another Russian company the decisions was made in 2018 to transfer to the Chinese company cozy Marine who promptly sent it to Antractica as part of the Chinese reality show on the road then in 2021 it was sold to sunyat sen University in China who at this point in time is its current and potentially final owner now as you might expect a ship popular as this one has some pretty impressive stats it’s fitted with four engines that provide a combined total of about 15 000 horsepower it’s a very capable vehicle and can continuously travel through 1.4 meter thick ice with ease therefore as China continuous to get more interested in Arctic and Antartic exploration I wouldn’t be surprised if this aging yet capable ship sees more and more use
The CCGS Terry Fox
The ship on this list the one with perhaps the most storied career is the CCGS Terry Fox first launched in 1983 the ship was part of Gulf Canada resources offshore drilling system in the Beaufort sea where it remained on standby 24 7 in order to manage the ice around the rig however while the area was promising it turned out that most of the oil deposits were small and Scattered and as result it was determined that it would not be worth the cost to drill the oil out this led to the entire project being abandoned and to the CCGS Terry Fox being purchased by the Canadian Coast Guard giving its four 5800 horsepower engines and its status as a Casper rctic class 4 ship and was large and strong enough to enter service as a heavy Icebreakers while its Home Port is on the costal city of St John’s and Newfoundland and Labroador the CCGS Terry Fox Now spends its day travelling up and down the St. Lawrence River clearing up shipping routes so that cargo vessels can trave to arge cities such as Quebec City and Montreal however I should note that the ccgs Terry Fox recently got itself is a little but of hot water that is because in August of 2022 it was at a dock in the Arctic town of Prince Regent Inlet in Nunavut when the Ship’s portside service generator caught on fire leading to some pretty extensive damge however the ship was promptly put under repair and it was back up and running by the end of September
The Yamel
The Yalal rush is home to a massive Fleet of nuclear icebreakers and one of its powerful in the old guard of the fleet is the Yamal that is because while Russian’s project 22-220 has churned out a lot of new super powerful icebreakers the Amal is part of the original Arctica class and a true beast on the Seas first entering service in 1992 her main role is to both keep Arctic shipping lanes open and carry passengers on Arctic Expeditions all of which she manages to do thanks to her double Hall it’s an astounding 48 millimeters thick and her two twenty-seven thousand kilowatt turbo generators plus a hundred and seventy one thousand kilowatt nuclear reactors these are useful because they allow the ship to reach a maximum of 20 knots in clear conditions and easily break through 2.3 meter thick ice in cooler conditions now beyond our impressive specs the Amal is also cool thanks to our top of the line interior sh is able to fit a hundred passengers and 52 person cabins the ship’s amenities include a large dining room Library passenger Lounge Audiotrium volleyball court gymnasium heated indoor swimming pools sauna and infirmary however outside of cruise ship Expenditions it is also seem use as a transport vehicle for Russian research stations have taken part in two operation sknown as NOrth Pole 36 and North Pole 37 The ship carried drifting ice stations filled with explorers dogs and hundreds of pounds of cargo to their Arctic Locations and eventually transported them back on ce their research missions were over beyond these two missions the ship has actually gone to the North Pole a total of 45 additional times making it nothing if not active.
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