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Icebreakers

Scope note

Use for vessels specially designed with reinforced bow and powerful engines for breaking navigable channels through heavy ice, especially the pack ice of extreme northern latitudes.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000219775

Broader Terms used

<harbor and channel craft>

Equivalent Terms used

icebreaker

Created

13yrs ago

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