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This icebreaker was built in 1992 in Leningrad.
Historical Notes
On 21 July 1993, on 8 August 1993, on 30 August 1993, on 21 July 1994, on 5 August 1994, and on 20 August 1994 this vessel reached the North Pole.
In 2004 this vessel travelled through the ice to the North Pole carrying fare-paying passengers. Power comes from two pressurized water nuclear reactors using enriched Uranium fuel rods.
Owners & Masters
In 1992-2012 she is a Russian Arktika class nuclear powered icebreaker operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company, Murmansk Russia.
She was leased to the Murmansk Shipping Company by the Russian Government. It was operated by Atomflot (formerly by the Murmansk Shipping Company).
Name Significance
She is named after the Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Siberia; the name means End of the Land in Nenets.
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