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)....

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...

On 27 February 2008, the Government of Canada announced plans for a "Polar Class Icebreaker Project" as part of Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy...

as Polar-class icebreakers: United States Coast Guard operates two Polar-class icebreakers CCGS John G. Diefenbaker was originally called "CCG Polar Class...

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...

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...

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...

down. 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...

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...

USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned on 23 February 1977, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding...

2024[update], Guangzhou Shipyard International is building a slightly smaller Polar Class 6 research vessel, Ji Di, at the same time. Tan Suo San Hao measures...

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...

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

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)...

A grizzly–polar bear hybrid (also named grolar bear, pizzly bear, zebra bear, grizzlar, or nanulak) is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity...

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

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...

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...

kept in service through the 2020s pending the introduction of a new class of polar icebreaker for the Coast Guard. Russia currently operates all existing...

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...

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...

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...

Almirante Viel is a Polar Class 5 icebreaker currently under construction in Chile. Previously referred to with the project name Antartica 1, it will...

RV Kronprins Haakon is a Norwegian icebreaking polar research vessel owned by the Norwegian Polar Institute. The shiptime use is divided between the main...

In algebraic geometry, the first polar, or simply polar of an algebraic plane curve C of degree n with respect to a point Q is an algebraic curve of degree...

€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...

water and 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) when breaking ice. Her ice class is Polar Class 3 and she is able to break ice up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) thick while...

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...