Radical New Icebreaker Will Travel Through the Ice Sideways 62
cylonlover writes "Given that icebreakers clear a path for other ships by traveling through the ice head-on (or sometimes butt-on), then in order for one of them to clear a wider path, it would have to be wider and thus larger overall ... right? Well, Finland's Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is taking a different, more efficient approach. It's in the process of building an asymmetric-hulled icebreaker that can increase its frontal area, by making its way through the ice at an angle of up to 30 degrees."
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Waste of Time (Score:4, Funny)
Just warm up the planet and then we won't have to worry about this "ice" stuff.
Re:Waste of Time (Score:5, Funny)
Already done. That's why these icebreakers are so useful.
By eliminating much of the multi-year ice, all they have to worry about is the thin smooth single-year ice that forms each winter; the stuff that icebreakers like. That greatly increases the chance of a viable shipping lane being breakable along its full length each year.