When it comes to the Middle East, the first thing that comes to mind is the rich oil resources, which have brought huge economic benefits to the Middle East, but at the same time it is also the competition for oil resources that has brought wars to the region. In addition to the Middle East there are other regions with rich oil resources, such as the Arctic Ocean, which has 412 billion barrels of oil and gas resources.
You know, the Arctic region is covered by thick ice all year round, so a country wants to gain sovereignty in the Arctic, the first problem to face is the Arctic "ice", most countries' naval fleets are afraid to board the Arctic, because the Arctic those huge, thick and thin ice once the collision with the ship, will bring terrible Consequences, serious will sink the ship, so many countries are discouraged to the Arctic. In the face of this situation, the only solution is to develop a powerful "icebreaker" that can cut through the ice.
The countries that are stronger in designing and building icebreakers today are Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany and the United States. It is also worth noting that there are 50 icebreakers with more than 10,000 horsepower in the global icebreaker fleet, of which Russia has the most. Now to the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker.
The nuclear-powered icebreaker developed by Russia is called arktika, which means Arctic. As the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker, the arktika nuclear-powered icebreaker itself is huge, according to information, the length of the hull alone reaches 178 meters, and the width is also about 40 meters, in order to be able to move freely in the thick ice, the designers equipped it with two nuclear reactors to provide power support.
The arktika nuclear-powered icebreaker, which is capable of accommodating 75 passengers at a time and is expected to work stably for forty years, is able to penetrate 3 meters of ice in its specific work. In addition the Russian research team is also making further improvements to this icebreaker, after upgrading the icebreaker is expected to be able to break through 7 meters of ice, in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, Russia will further increase its investment in the field of icebreaker development, as soon as possible to achieve technological updates and upgrades.
