A Russian icebreaker just reached the North Pole in record time
The Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy arrived at the North Pole Thursday, news agency TASS reports, reaching it 79 hours after leaving Murmansk. Only a few years ago, few would believe it would be possible to sail even a powerful nuclear icebreaker through the Arctic sea ice at such a speed.
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