SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - Ice breaker: US Coast Guard sends first solo ship to North Pole

SUBSIM Radio Room Forums (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/index.php)

- Sub & Naval Discussions: World Naval News, Books, & Films (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=186)

- - Ice breaker: US Coast Guard sends first solo ship to North Pole (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=221863)

Onkel Neal

09-10-15 06:40 AM

Ice breaker: US Coast Guard sends first solo ship to North Pole

http://images.csmonitor.com/csm/2015...andard_600x400

Quote:

On September 5, the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy became the first American surface ship to reach the North Pole unaccompanied.

Submarines underneath the ice typically accompany the surface ships.

This trip marks only the fourth time that a US surface vessel has reached the North Pole, and the first since 2005. Healy has been used for three of the four voyages.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment...-to-North-Pole

Aktungbby

09-10-15 12:41 PM

Quote:

This voyage comes after the Obama administration announced plans to increase the US presence in the Arctic region.

Looks like 'show of force' 101:sunny:under the guise of research...:arrgh!: let's hope there are no hungry polar bears as with our fellow Russian scientists!:O:

ikalugin

09-10-15 12:49 PM

Meanwhile we are building new conventional and nuclear icebreakers and a lot of them.

U505995

09-10-15 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikalugin (Post 2343755)

Meanwhile we are building new conventional and nuclear icebreakers and a lot of them.

Russia much stronk.
http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/55058991.jpg

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:33 AM.