Arktika (2016 icebreaker)

	Arktika in a dry dock in Kronstadt on 11 August 2021 following failure of one of the icebreaker's propulsion motors
History
Russia
Name	Arktika (Арктика)
Namesake	Russian for the Arctic
Operator	FSUE Atomflot
Port of registry	Murmansk, Russia
Builder	Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost	RUB 36.959 billion
Yard number	05706
Laid down	5 November 2013
Launched	16 June 2016
Sponsored by	Valentina Matviyenko
Completed	December 2017 (contract date); 21 October 2020 (commissioning ceremony);
In service	November 2020–
Identification	IMO number: 9694725; MMSI number: 273210920; Call sign: UCZC;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Project 22220 icebreaker
Displacement	33,530 t (33,000 long tons) (dwl); 25,540 t (25,140 long tons) (minimum);
Length	173.3 m (569 ft) (overall); 160.0 m (525 ft) (dwl);
Beam	34 m (112 ft) (maximum); 33 m (108 ft) (dwl);
Height	51.25 m (168 ft)
Draft	10.5 m (34 ft) (dwl); 9.00 m (30 ft) (minimum; achievable); 8.65 m (28 ft) (minimum; official); 8.50 m (28 ft) (minimum; design);
Depth	15.2 m (50 ft)
Ice class	RMRS Icebreaker9
Installed power	Two RITM-200 nuclear reactors (2 × 175 MWt); Two turbogenerators (2 × 36 MWe);
Propulsion	Nuclear-turbo-electric; Three shafts (3 × 20 MW);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph); 1.5–2 knots (2.8–3.7 km/h; 1.7–2.3 mph) in 2.8 m (9 ft) ice;
Endurance	7 years (reactor fuel); 6 months (provisions);
Crew	75
Aviation facilities	Helideck and hangar

Arktika (Russian: Арктика, tr. Arctic, IPA: [ˈarktʲɪkə]) is a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg. It is the lead ship of Project 22220 icebreakers and superseded the preceding class of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever constructed.

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