Russian icebreaker "Krasin" has finished its mission on making way through ice for the tanker "Lawrence H.GIANELLA" to a polar station, belonging to the USA national scientific fund in Antarctic.
The press service of ship line administration informed, that the icebreaker came through 21 miles of ice for 3 hours. "Such a fast accomplishing the task was provided with a number of factors: continuous treatment of the channel with the ice-breaker during several days, maximum use of rising tide abilities, and temperature rise up to +5+6C" explained the press-service official.
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