Wouldn't pushing through all that ice burn massive amounts of fuel? Why would they take this route?

>> ^dcmisha:
Wouldn't pushing through all that ice burn massive amounts of fuel? Why would they take this route?


Because it's faster and still cheaper than going through the Panama or Suez Canals?

How nice that the big red boat goes by to let people know where they are!

>> ^dcmisha:
Wouldn't pushing through all that ice burn massive amounts of fuel? Why would they take this route?

Its an icebreaker. Where you want it to go ?

Christ that's amazing. The bow is completely out of the water. It must take so much fuel to do that. And it seems like it would tear the hull to shreds. I didn't know that any regular shipping routes went through ice like this.

edit: wikipedia has a good article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebreaker

I'll bet this is in *canada

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I like how near the end the guy says "whoa" and backs up a bit as the ice beneath him moves, like it suddenly dawns on him that I'M STANDING ON FROZEN OCEAN AND THERE IS A FRIGGIN ICEBREAKER FREIGHTER MOVING THROUGH LESS THAN 50 YARDS FROM ME!

thats right, ice, we're coming through! i need my sneakers and lawn furniture, now!

would like to see the trail behind it too

That's fucking awesome! I wonder how long the hulls of these things hold together...

I'd be pissed if my company wasn't doing routine maintenance checks and the thing started sinking halfway through an ice layer.

>> ^Entropy997:
That's fucking awesome! I wonder how long the hulls of these things hold together...
I'd be pissed if my company wasn't doing routine maintenance checks and the thing started sinking halfway through an ice layer.


Like the front falling off?

That's the MV Arctic, a service vessel for the northern Canadian mines.

Ten minutes later: "Oh shit! How are we getting back to the car?"

That's one way to clean the barnacles off!

pity, you never get to see the three guys at the back who are pushing it...

dededee!

would have been cool to see the guy zoom in on the captain as he's waving a cowboy hat and saying "yee-haw" as he transports his precious cargo of labia ticklers and mcdonalds toys to good ol' norph america

*water

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