Icebreakers don't break ice the way you think

Not every ship can break through giant blocks of ice, taller than a house, to reach these regions. And that's what icebreaker ships were designed for. They enable the rescue of other ships, opening channels, conducting patrols, performing research, and even tourism.
Meet the powerful nuclear and diesel icebreakers.

Note: This video is an adaptation of a video from my Brazilian Portuguese channel called "Integrando Conhecimento".

[bojangles]

That's exactly how I thought they break through ice..

[Blackcloud]

"Fans don't blow air the way you think"
"Lamps don't light up rooms the way you think"
"Hammers don't drive nails the way you think"

[MrOtistetrax]

Shout out to the cameraman who stood down on the ice while the giant ship smashed it around him.

[johnsrabe]

Hi, for one, I’m extremely disappointed icebreakers don’t break ice by telling a joke.

[Jangocat]

I already knew how they worked but this was a well produced video, well done!

[zacharymossman]

so they don't strap a bunch of tiny gnomes with little saws to the front of the ship??? I've had this all wrong for years

[mikev]

I knew icebreakers had different hulls, but man you hit it out of the park with this highly explanative production!!!

[maxsweet]

Former Coastie here, served on Polar Sea. By backing and ramming and driving the ship from the conning tower, she could break up to 21 ft of ice. Fuel is moved to the rear, the ships drives up on the ice, then the fuel is moved forward to help the keel break through. Rinse and repeat.

[tideypods]

9:35 I love how these are just big buildings on boats or in this case a flippin raised landing pad on the deck

[danieloblinger]

You have no idea how I think ice breakers break the ice.

[hrishikeshgogoi]

no one ever thought that ice breakers function like this!!! really life changing

[johngaytes-exnt]

Actually it breaks the ice exactly how we thought..

[BenjaminCintron-ej]

Thank's to you guys braving that cold to give us this video. Great video, very informative 👍👏

[RyuTakeru]

Amazing Production My Man, Thx For Making This Highly Detailed Explanation Of Ice Breakers 🚢🚢🚢

[Volkswagenitalia.]

Thanks for this! I only knew about crushing the ice with the weight of the ship. I had no clue about the other methods, nor the combinations thereof. I appreciate you including some up and coming ships that are under construction.

[halcyonzenith]

I always thought these ships just told a few jokes and got everyone involved in a fun game, this is nothing like that.

[MrKotBonifacy]

14:05 - all that we could here from "this guy was:
"[the weight? - inaudible] _is over 110 thousand_ [metric] _tons and the width is over 50 meters"_ ("[...] более сто десять тысячи тон, и ширина более пяти десять метров").
Also, the on-screen caption reads "thickness of the bottom [of the hull] is greater than 4 metres - obviously, "structural thickness", not a "homogenous rolled steel", obviously.

[entrippyZ]

Holy crap... 1 megawatt is 1, 341 horsepower, that Russian one's got 80, 461 mechanical horsepower!

[FlatlanderGear]

Fantastic explanation. Technical and straightforward.

[knotkool]

literally everyone watching this thought this was how icebreakers work. still watched the whole thing. so. except for the stupid title, good video.