Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed...

Polar-class icebreakers USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) are heavy icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG)....

The Polar Icebreaker Project (previously Polar Class Icebreaker Project) is an ongoing Canadian shipbuilding program under the National Shipbuilding Strategy...

Polar Star and the medium icebreaker USCGC Healy, with three new multi-mission vessels referred to as Polar Security Cutters (PSC). These heavy polar...

depending on the class. Ships can be assigned one of seven Polar Classes (PC) ranging from PC 1 for year-round operation in all polar waters to PC 7 for...

Polar icebreaker or polar-class icebreaker may refer generally to any icebreaker designed to operate in polar regions and/or designed in accordance with...

ships having an ice class of Polar Class 5, meaning that they were capable of limited icebreaking, based on the Norwegian Svalbard class. This announcement...

classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Her ice class, Polar Class 2, is the second highest ice class according to the International Association of Classification...

Viking Octantis is a Polar Class 6 purpose-built expedition ship completed in December 2021 for Viking Expeditions Cruises, a subdivision of Viking Cruises...

Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker...

Classification Societies (IACS) Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships. Her ice class, Polar Class 4, is intended for year-round operation in thick first-year...

2024. The February 2008 federal budget designated $720 million for the Polar Class Icebreaker Project to replace CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in FY 2017. In...

world's most powerful icebreaker for the US Coast Guard," Polar Star, the first of two Polar-class icebreakers. The ship's three shafts are turned by either...

USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned on 23 February 1978, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding...

classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Her ice class will be Polar Class 2, the second highest ice class according to the International Association of...

completed in June 2021. She is the world's largest ice class expedition yacht, bearing a Polar Class rating of PC6. Following the success of Crystal Esprit...

Suo San Hao, Guangzhou Shipyard International built a slightly smaller Polar Class 6 research vessel, Ji Di, which entered service in June 2024. Tan Suo...

usually carry a motor surf boat and/or a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. Polar-class icebreakers (WAGB) carry an Arctic survey boat (ASB) and landing craft...

of ice instead of the traditional bottle of champagne. The vessel has Polar Class 6 rating for arctic conditions. Roald Amundsen was the first hybrid ship...

can carry 264 passengers in 132 cabins. The ship was built to the PC6 Polar Class standard which enables it to operate in Antarctica and the Arctic during...

propulsion and four MTU Series 4000 diesel generator sets. Aotearoa is a Polar Class (PC) 6, Logistics Support ship designed and built with specialised winterisation...

Named after polar explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen, it is a near identical twin to MS Roald Amundsen. It is a hybrid powered Polar Class 6 ship built...

USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759) USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)...

sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6), towage and salvage operations and general assistance to the...

vessel is designed and built according to Polar Code Rules and carries a Polar Class 6 notation for operation in Polar Regions While the vessel spends a significant...

€274 million) vessel will be built to the second-highest IACS ice class, Polar Class 2, and will be capable of taking tourists to the North Pole. The vessel...

Almirante Viel is a Polar Class 5 icebreaker operated by the Chilean Navy. Previously referred to with the project name Antartica 1, it replaced the 1969-built...

2024[update], Guangzhou Shipyard International is building a slightly bigger Polar Class 4 research vessel, Tan Suo San Hao, at the same time. Ji Di is 89.95...

Canadian icebreakers were built with diesel-electric powertrain. Two Polar-class icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard, have a combined...

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can...