75 000 h.p. The Biggest Nuclear Icebreaker

This video was shot in the Arctic Ocean in March 2018. For 7 days our crew passed through the Barents Sea to Karsky around the Novaya Zemlya archipelago on the nuclear icebreaker Yamal - we saw the northern lights and polar bears, watched the ships stuck in the ice being towed, and were very cold.

In the video you can see two Russian icebreakers - “50 Years of Victory” and “Yamal” with a capacity of 75,000 horsepower and a distinctive shark mouth, which appeared on it in 1994 during one of the children's humanitarian programs. According to legend, someone suggested drawing a smiling shark mouth on the nose to make it more fun for children. At present, Russia has the only nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet in the world. They are used to provide wiring ships in the ices of the Northern Sea Route in the freezing ports of the Russian Federation, research expeditions, rescue operations and tourist cruises.

In addition to the extreme weather conditions, the shooting was complicated by the fact that the icebreaker was always in motion. And if the drone was flying over the radar tower, the recording file was damaged.

Music by Hans Zimmer - Time

Shot on DJI Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X7 camera

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[WShare]

I didn't know if I was more fascinated by the ship or the quality of the video.

[bishnuprasadswain]

Fun fact: Every second of this video is a wallpaper !

[jkobcib]

I had the great honor to work on that ship for four summers, and the ship was the love of my life if you could love an icebreaker to your heart's core. It was magical--the scenery, the ice--the animals we saw and the crew who, some of who have remained my friends to this very day. I'll never forget I/B Yamal and she will be in my heart as the reigning queen of all ships I've worked on.

[sunaxes]

This ship is the only hope of people stuck in ice in the pitch-black arctic winter.
Seeing that ray of light on the horizon coming to rescue you... this is the angel of the sea.

[sjqzupf]

In Soveit Russia, Titanic sinks icebergs.

[xcofcd]

It's absolutely unbelievable that a few uranium pellets can create this kind of power...

[methira]

As a guy living in a tropical country who's never toyched snow this is a very strange and beautiful video ❤️

[kirkkhusniiarov]

This ship can dock in a city and operate as a nuclear power plant, supplying energy to up to one million people.

The triumph of science and technology.

[karthik]

75, 000 hp nuclear icebreaker enters the arctic ocean,
ice: "why do I hear boss music?"

[gamerprestige]

Now I want a 2 hour long documentary of this ship...

[farriswilliams]

You have no idea how much effort and experience is put into building such machines

[WarDogLRS]

Yamal is a Russian Arktika-class nuclear-powered icebreaker operated by Atomflot. She is named after the Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Siberia; the name means End of the Land in Nenets. Wikipedia
Builder: Baltic Shipyard
Length: 485′
Crew: 189
Installed power: Two OK-900A nuclear reactors (2 × 171 MW); Two steam turbogenerators (2 × 27.6 MW)
Port of registry: Murmansk, Russia

[asif.rahman]

Sometimes the YouTube algorithm hits a pot of gold.

[AlexanderMarks]

This video deserves an Oscar nomination for cinematography.

[TheSavageProdigy]

This is actually the "Yamal" Arktika Class Nuclear Icebreaker, sister ship to the actual biggest nuclear icebreaker, the 50 Let Probeby, both are absolutely beautiful ships and astonishing feats of engineering.

[svetlanaisayeva]

Honestly, at first, I thought this video was computer generated, then…….
honestly dropped my jaw 😲

[JOA-S]

The Quality of this video, made my monitor have a Meltdown.

[burazburi]

This was the most beautiful short-film ive ever seen im my life.

[fabianb.]

This video hits in a very strange way. Combined with the music of hans zimmer it makes you realize what incredible inventions mankind has already been produced.

[jabatodadze]

Best part ? one of my favorite part is that how from 1:29 Siren sound fuses in to the soundtrack, just amazing, it can be unintentional or not, who knows, but it's just great