The first transit of the Northwest Passage by Russian icebreaker

In a voyage beginning 24 July in Ulsan, South Korea, and ending i n St Petersburg, Russia, on 21 September 1992, the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov successfully completed an unassisted transit of the Northwest Passage, from Bering Strait to the North Atlantic Ocean. The ship was chartered jointly by...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Splettstoesser, John, Splettstoesser, Beezie Drake
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Bering Strait
Canada
Northwest Passage
Pullen
Icebreaker
North Atlantic
Northwest passage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400023615
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400023615
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Summary:In a voyage beginning 24 July in Ulsan, South Korea, and ending i n St Petersburg, Russia, on 21 September 1992, the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov successfully completed an unassisted transit of the Northwest Passage, from Bering Strait to the North Atlantic Ocean. The ship was chartered jointly by Polar Schiffahrts-Consulting, Hamburg, Germany; Blyth and Company Travel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and D.G. Wells Marine Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was marketed for tourists, some of whom traveled the entire distance of 14,120 nautical miles [26,150 km]. Khlebnikov was the fifty-third vessel to complete the Northwest Passage since Roald Amundsen first accomplished it in 1906 (Pullen and Swithinbank 1991, and confirmed by the office of Coast Guard Northern, Ottawa, Canada).

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