Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed...

Polar-class icebreakers USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10), USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) are heavy icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG)....

depending on the class. Ships can be assigned one of seven Polar Classes (PC) ranging from PC 1 for year-round operation in all polar waters to PC 7 for...

Polar Star and the medium icebreaker USCGC Healy, with three new multi-mission vessels referred to as Polar Security Cutters (PSC). These heavy polar...

The Polar Icebreaker Project (previously Polar Class Icebreaker Project) is an ongoing Canadian shipbuilding program under the National Shipbuilding Strategy...

world's most powerful icebreaker for the US Coast Guard," Polar Star, the first of two Polar-class icebreakers. The ship's three shafts are turned by either...

USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned on 23 February 1977, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding...

Polar icebreaker or Polar-class icebreaker may refer generally to any icebreaker designed to operate in polar regions and/or designed in accordance with...

ships having an ice class of Polar Class 5, meaning that they were capable of limited icebreaking, based on the Norwegian Svalbard class. This announcement...

classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Her ice class will be Polar Class 2, the second highest ice class according to the International Association of...

2024. The February 2008 federal budget designated $720 million for the Polar Class Icebreaker Project to replace CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in FY 2017. In...

usually carry a motor surf boat and/or a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. Polar-class icebreakers (WAGB) carry an Arctic survey boat (ASB) and landing craft...

Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the Polar-class icebreaker...

Classification Societies (IACS) Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships. Her ice class, Polar Class 4, is intended for year-round operation in thick first-year...

RV Kronprins Haakon is a Norwegian icebreaking polar research vessel owned by the Norwegian Polar Institute. The shiptime use is divided between the main...

sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6), towage and salvage operations and general assistance to the...

USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759) USCGC Friedman (WMSL-760) USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)...

The Viking Octantis is a Polar Class 6 purpose-built expedition ship completed in December 2021 for Viking Expeditions Cruises, a subdivision of Viking...

The Polar Express is a 2004 American animated Christmas adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Broyles Jr...

of ice instead of the traditional bottle of champagne. The vessel has Polar Class 6 rating for arctic conditions. Roald Amundsen was the first hybrid ship...

S. A. Agulhas II is a South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship owned by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. She was...

completed in June 2021. She is the world's largest ice class expedition yacht, bearing a Polar Class rating of PC6. Following the success of Crystal Esprit...

Canadian icebreakers were built with diesel-electric powertrain. Two Polar-class icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard, have a combined...

In astronomy, a polar is a highly magnetic type of cataclysmic variable (CV) binary star system, originally known as an AM Herculis star after the prototype...

delivery in 2021. Le Commandant Charcot is a Polar Class 2 rated icebreaking vessel capable of reaching remote polar destinations such as the Geographic North...

The Polar Express is a 1985 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. The book is now widely considered...

propulsion and four MTU Series 4000 diesel generator sets. Aotearoa is a Polar Class (PC) 6, Logistics Support ship designed and built with specialised winterisation...

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can...

Named after polar explorer and scientist Fridtjof Nansen, it is a near identical twin to MS Roald Amundsen. It is a hybrid powered Polar Class 6 ship built...

A grizzly–polar-bear-hybrid (also named grolar bear, pizzly bear, zebra bear, grizzlar, or nanulak) is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity...