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Once the vessels reached the icy waters, Montalvo explained that the Polar Star led the way, cutting a channel so that the container and supply ships could make it through. .

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English: Once the vessels reached the icy waters, Montalvo explained that the Polar Star led the way, cutting a channel so that the container and supply ships could make it through.

While you’re probably imagining the massive ice breaker muscling its way through the ice, Motz said that’s not exactly how it’s done.

“They’re not necessarily pushing through the ice, they’re actually kind of ramming up onto the ice and then allowing the weight of the ship to come down and literally break the ice,” she explained.

Montalvo explained that the Polar Star had to break the ice along the same track several times because it would re-freeze.

“The first few weeks we were down there, we were just cutting and widening the channel so the container ship could fit,” she said, adding that Polar Star had to make sure the ice wasn’t closing in on the container ship as it passed through the channel.
Date Taken on 29 January 2019, 09:39:33
Source Ocean Giant Follows Polar Star
Author NOAASatellites
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/47579889531. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

20 February 2024

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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