Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Arktika is a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg. It is the lead ship of Project 22220 icebreakers and superseded the preceding class of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever constructed.

A crew member of the Arktika and the bear cub Mishka, 1975. 

Photo by Roman Denisov