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The Ships

Name

Type of Vessel

Country
Admiral Lazarev (ex - Yosif Stalin) Icebreaker Russia
Admiral Makarov (ex - Vyacheslav Molotov) Icebreaker Russia
Aliosha Popovich (ex - German Eisvogel) Icebreaker Russia
Alte Icebreaker Sweden
Arktida Icebreaker Russia
WAGB-280 Atka  -  (ex - Southwind, ex AGB3) Icebreaker United States
WAGB-283 Burton Island -  (ex - AG-88, AGB-1) Icebreaker United States
Camsell Icebreaker Canada
Danbjorn Icebreaker Denmark
D'lberville Icebreaker Canada
Dobrynya Icebreaker Russia
WAGB 279 Eastwind Icebreaker United States
WAGB-28 Edisto  -  (ex - AG-89, AGB-2) Icebreaker United States
Elbjorn Icebreaker Denmark
Eisbar Eisvogel Icebreaker Germany
Ernest LaPointe Icebreaker Canada
Ex-Krisjans Valdemaras Icebreaker Russia
Fuji Icebreaker Japan
Fyodor Litke (ex - Kanada, ex - Earl Grey) Icebreaker Russia
General San Martin Icebreaker Argentina
Georgii Sedov (ex - Beathic) Icebreaker Russia
WAGB-4 Glacier -  (ex - AGB-4) Icebreaker United States
Gulf Type Icebreaker Canada
Isbjorn Icebreaker Denmark
John A. MacDonlad Icebreaker Canada
Kapitan Belousov Icebreaker Russia
Kapitan Melechov Icebreaker Russia
Kapitan Voronin Icebreaker Russia
Karhu Icebreaker Finland
Kiev Icebreaker Russia
Krassin (ex - Sviatogor) Icebreaker Russia
Labrador Icebreaker Canada
Lazar Kaganovich Icebreaker Russia
Lillebjorn Icebreaker Denmark
Ledokol 7 Icebreaker Russia
Lenin Icebreaker Russia
Leningrad Icebreaker Russia
Louis S. St. Laurent Icebreaker Canada
WAGB-83 Mackinaw     Icebreaker United States
Malygin (ex - Voima) Icebreaker Russia
Mikoyan (ex - Otto Schmidt) Icebreaker Russia
Montcalm   Icebreaker Canada
Montcalm  (transferred from Canada in 1942) Icebreaker Russia
Moskva Icebreaker Russia
Murmansk Icebreaker Russia
Murtaja Icebreaker Finland
IIiya Muromets (ex - German Eisbar) Icebreaker Russia
N. B. McLean Icebreaker Canada
WAGB-282 Northwind Icebreaker United States
Oden Icebreaker Sweden
Peresvet (ex - Castor) Icebreaker Russia
USCGC Polar Sea Icebreaker United States
USCGC Polar Star Icebreaker United States
Polluks - (ex - Pollux) Icebreaker Russia
Sadko (ex - Lintrose) Icebreaker Russia
Sampo Icebreaker Finland
Saurel Icebreaker Canada
Sevmorput Icebreaker Russia
Sibiryakov (ex - Jääkarhu) Icebreaker Russia
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Icebreaker Canada
Sisu Icebreaker Finland
WAGB-280 Southwind Icebreaker United States
WAGB-278 Staten Island  -  (ex - AGB5) Icebreaker United States
Stepan Makarov (ex - Knyaz Pozharski) Icebreaker Russia
WAGB 38 Storis -  (ex - Eskimo) Icebreaker United States
Storebjorn Icebreaker Denmark
Taimyr Icebreaker Russia
Tarmo Icebreaker Finland
Thule Icebreaker Sweden
Tor Icebreaker Sweden
Vladivostok Icebreaker Russia
Vladimir IIyich (ex - Lenin, ex - Aleksandr Nevskii Icebreaker Russia
Voima Icebreaker Finland
Volynets (ex - Suur Töll, ex - Vainamoinen, ex - Volynets, ex - Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich) Icebreaker Russia
WAGB 281 Westwind Icebreaker United States

Wolf

Icebreaker Canada
Yermak Icebreaker Russia
Ymer Icebreaker Sweden
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

References:

Polar Operations by Edwin A. MacDonald, Captain, U.S.N. (Retired) United States Naval Institute Annapolis, Maryland - 1969  Library of Congress Card Number 68-54116


 

 

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