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 Icebreaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Essential to an icebreaking vessel is the ability to propel itself onto the ice, breaking it, and then successfully clearing the ice debris from its path.
Icebreakers are expensive to build and very expensive to run, whether the icebreaker is powered by gas turbines, diesel-electric powerplant or nuclear energy.
A modern icebreaker typically has shielded propellers both at the bow and at the stern, as well as side thrusters; pumps to move water ballast from side to side; and holes on the hull below the waterline to eject water bubbles, all designed to allow an icebreaker stuck amidst thick ice to break free.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Icebreaker   (1008 words)

  
 Icebreaker (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move through ice.
Icebreaker (facilitation) is an activity intended to help members of a group begin to identify themselves as a team.
Icebreaker is a piece of Netrunner software designed to break through Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics (ICE).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Icebreaker_(disambiguation)   (171 words)

  
 Online dictionary - Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice covered marine environments.
Several technological advances were introduced over the years, but it was not until the introduction of nuclear power (icebreaker Lenin, 1959) that icebreakers developed their full potentials.
Icebreakers have a round sled-like bow, however; they tend to slam into waves, which can be a risk in high seas.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Icebreakers   (838 words)

  
 Arctic, Russian Nuclear Icebreakers - Johnson's Russia List 6-25-03
As captain of the atomic icebreaker Yamal, he will be spending his summer smashing through the ice of the Arctic Ocean, taking tourists to the top of the world and providing a lifeline to Russia's north.
The collapse of the Soviet Union halted icebreaker building, and the Murmansk Shipping Company, which manages the fleet for the state, is having to run some vessels well past their life span, often using them for tourist excursions to raise money.
Icebreakers are not just important for the companies of the far north, but crucial for feeding their workers and heating their houses during the long, bitter winter.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7238-18.cfm   (937 words)

  
 icebreaker. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
When the icebreaker charges into the ice at full speed, its sharply inclined bow, meeting the edge of the ice, rises upon it, and the weight of the vessel causes the ice to collapse.
Icebreakers have been widely used in the exploration of the Arctic and the Antarctic.
The first notable icebreaker was the Pilot (1870), used to maintain communication between Kronstadt and St. Petersburg.
www.bartleby.com /65/ic/icebreak.html   (195 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Icebreaker)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An icebreaker is a special purpose ship (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) designed to move and navigate through ice (Water frozen in the solid state) covered marine environments.
Several technological advances were introduced over the years, but it was not until the introduction of nuclear power (Nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)) (icebreaker Lenin (additional info and facts about icebreaker Lenin), 1959) that icebreakers developed their full potentials.
Many icebreakers also carry aircraft (formerly seaplane (An airplane that can land on or take off from water) s and now helicopter (An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades) s) to assist in reconnaissance and liaison.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ic/icebreaker.htm   (1433 words)

  
 ICEBREAKER
Icebreaker is an abstract strategy/action arcade game in which you control a pyramid and you try to destroy all pyramids on a grid while other pyramids stalk you.
Luckily, Magnet Interactive Studios ported Icebreaker to both the Mac and the PC, and those versions were published by 20th Century Fox.
Unfortunately (again), Icebreaker was released just as the bottom was dropping out of the CD-ROM market, so it wasn't a success on those platforms either, despite critical acclaim.
www.wunderland.com /WTS/Andy/Icebreaker/Icebreaker.html   (253 words)

  
 Icebreaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Icebreakers are needed to keep trade routes open where there are either seasonal or permanent ice conditions.
The shape which allows icebreakers to move through ice also make the ship uncomfortable in open water and have poor fuel effiency.
Normally travelling forward, a double acting icebreaker uses a conventional ship bow for a more comfortable ride.
hallencyclopedia.com /Icebreaker   (787 words)

  
 Kayak, Canoe, Paddlesports - Icebreaker
Icebreaker is an ecological clothing system that is both natural and technical.
By layering your icebreaker, you increase wind resistance and thermal insulation, and the whole system breathes and moves as if it is one garment.
Your icebreaker feels silky soft, is machine washable, won’t hold odor, dries quickly, breathes beautifully, and regulates your temperature so you don’t overheat or cool down.
www.rutabaga.com /manufacturer.asp?mid=292   (452 words)

  
 Nuclear icebreaker Lenin
The explosives were then detonated, and the reactor construction split apart from the icebreaker's hull and sank at the depth of 40 to 50 meters.
The icebreaker was then towed to the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk, Archangelsk county, where the vessel remained from December 12, 1967 until May, 1970, while a new OK-900 reactor installation was being installed.
The nuclear icebreaker Lenin is currently moored in the harbor in Murmansk, which is located 1 km from the centre of the city.
www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/civilian_nuclear_vessels/icebreakers/30131.html   (1155 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Icebreaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A natural, 4 tonne, block of ice on a beach in Iceland Icicles Ice is frozen water (one of its three phases of matter), and thereby a transparent, crystal solid.
The Nuclear powered icebreaker is a purpose built ship for use in waters where there is continuous ice.
A well-designed icebreaker is able to force its way through ice up to 35-ft (10.7-m) thick.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Icebreaker   (597 words)

  
 Icebreaker -- Who Started the Second World War? (review)
In Icebreaker Suvorov takes a close look at the origins and development of World War II in Europe, and in particular the background to Hitler's "Operation Barbarossa" attack against the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.
Icebreaker is based on the author's meticulous scouring of such published sources as memoirs of wartime Soviet military leaders, and histories of individual Soviet divisions, corps, armies, fleets, and air units.
That country is the Soviet Union." In Icebreaker, Suvorov explains how in 1939 Stalin exploited the long-simmering dispute between Germany and Poland over Danzig and the "Polish Corridor" to provoke a "second imperialist war" that would enormously expand the Soviet empire.
www.ihr.org /jhr/v16/v16n6p22_Bishop.html   (3184 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Icebreaker: Who Started the Second World War?: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Icebreaker is a book about communist preparation and execution (however poorly, but not for the lack of trying) of the biggest crime in the history of mankind, World War II.
In Eastern Europe Icebreaker became de facto 20th century European history textbook and the basis of common popular understanding of the events leading to WWII and its immediate aftermath.
Icebreaker is full of technical information, and some details may be proven inaccurate by further research.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0241126223?v=glance   (2915 words)

  
 Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Icebreaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the best and most unique puzzle games ever made, Icebreaker is the brainchild of Andrew Looney (no, I'm not making his name up), eccentric puzzle game designer who has a penchant for all things pyramid-shaped.
Icebreaker is best described as an abstract puzzle/action arcade game in which you control a pyramid, and your objective in each level is to destroy all pyramids on a grid while enemy pyramids stalk you.
Like Geoff Crammond's classic The Sentinel, Icebreaker defies all attempts at categorizing it, although elements of a puzzle game are most predominant.
www.the-underdogs.org /game.php?id=1852   (458 words)

  
 Icebreaker: GR Total Conversion Mod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the Icebreaker both Panzer 3 and StuG 3 have two square hatches in the rear part of the hull.
The missions and the environment of this mod attempt to reallisticly convey the nature of the special operations combat during the initial stages of the Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
The Icebreaker 1.0 is meant to push the envelope as far as the capabilities of the GR engine are concerned.
www.icebreaker39-45.com   (2323 words)

  
 Unlimited - Moonstruck: Inside Icebreaker
The large meeting room in Icebreaker’s warehouse-chic HQ in Wellington’s Dixon St is abuzz with shapely young women stripping off and pulling on prototype jumpers and t-shirts for size and fit.
As Icebreaker, the little company that put New Zealand merino on the map, prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary this year, it still has the look and feel of a gigantic student party.
Last year the Butsons hosted the “Icebreaker University”;, in which around 30 retailers were mustered out of the city and into the high country for a couple of days, to be shown around the environment that produces merino fibre.
unlimited.co.nz /unlimited.nsf/default/D1793850A06F71BDCC256F8E000179EE   (3456 words)

  
 Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - Icebreaker Krasin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the 1920s, she rescued the icebreaker Lenin and a German passenger ship Monte Servantes that had collided with an iceberg and been holed.
Early in war, the icebreaker crossed the Pacific and passed through the Panama Canal to the east coast of the United States for repairs.
She is the only icebreaker maritime museum commemorating the Arctic convoys.
www.hnsa.org /ships/krasin.htm   (243 words)

  
 Reunion Hall - USCGC Icebreaker Sailors
Icebreaker Atka oil painting is at my web site, Http://fletchworks.com, under 'Must See', and under 'C. DeWayne Fletcher's Paintings', and I would like to hear from one of the 'Supply Division's member', of the good name of 'Fletcher', which would be interesting if he is one of my relatives...
all icebreaker sailor reunion to be held this may in vallejo, ca...pls send me an e-mail with your snail address and will send you info packet...thanks.
She is very capeable of handling the chores of most icebreakers and ton for ton, she'd be there with the best of them.
www.fredsplace.org /reunion/sg/0200.shtml   (5260 words)

  
 Robotics Institute: Icebreaker
The Icebreaker Lunar Ice Discovery Initiative intends to conduct a robotic ground investigation of the southern polar region of the Moon.
Icebreaker proposes an academic, commercial and government partnership, to create economical, multi-dimensional missions.
Icebreaker: An Exploration of the Lunar South Pole
www.ri.cmu.edu /projects/project_335.html   (174 words)

  
 Chesapeake Select Soccer Club - Icebreaker Invitational   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Icebreaker is proud to be entering its eleventh year.
The Chesapeake Icebreaker publishes a booklet of high school senior and junior player profiles that will be participating in this Premier and Club team tournament.
The Icebreaker is proud to be entering its tenth year.
www.csscsoccer.org /chescup.html   (2056 words)

  
 freshmeat.net: Project details for IceBreaker
IceBreaker is an action-puzzle game in which you must capture penguins from an Antarctic iceberg so they can be shipped to Finland, where they are essential to a secret plot for world domination.
To earn the highest Geek Cred, trap them in the smallest space in the shortest time while losing the fewest lives.
IceBreaker was inspired by (but isn't an exact clone of) Jezzball by Dima Pavlovsky.
freshmeat.net /projects/icebreaker   (159 words)

  
 IceBreaker -- Download   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I'm getting near to releasing version 2.0 of IceBreaker, which has many nice new fancy features -- most notably, the addition of themes support.
You'll also need SDL and SDL_mixer, the basic multimedia libraries upon which IceBreaker is built.
These are now part of the standard Red Hat Linux distribution; if you don't have them, you can grab 'em from a Red Hat mirror, or of course from the main SDL site.
www.mattdm.org /icebreaker/download.shtml   (556 words)

  
 Icebreaker Games - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Encyclopedia of Icebreakers : Structured Activities That Warm-Up, Motivate, Challenge, Acquaint and Energize, Package
Energizers and Icebreakers for All Ages and Stages
More Energizers and Icebreakers: For All Ages and Stages (More Energizers & Icebreakers)
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /icebreaker_games.htm   (102 words)

  
 icebreaker on Encyclopedia.com
Icebreaker Communications, Inc. Newest Member to Join CENSA - 19 Companies Join Global Science Consortium in Less Than Two Years.
CENTENARY OF WORLD'S FIRST ARCTIC ICEBREAKER MARKED IN RUSSIA.
Icebreaker Staying in the City, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
www.encyclopedia.com /html/i1/icebreak.asp   (338 words)

  
 Motatapu Icebreaker Adventure Race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Entries for the Motatapu Icebreaker 51 Km Mountain Bike ride on Saturday 11 March 2006 are now closed but a waiting list will now operate.
Motatapu Icebreaker 2006 in conjunction with Cycle Surgery and Scott Bikes are donating a Genius bike to be raffled off with ALL proceeds going to the Paradise Trust.
Just as the Motatapu Icebreaker is about giving abled-bodied people access to NZ’s wilderness areas the Paradise Trust is about providing people with disabilities access to wilderness areas in one of the most pristine and unspoiled places left in New Zealand.
www.iconicadventures.co.nz   (639 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Icebreaker trapped during polar rescue
An Argentine navy icebreaker has got stuck in ice while trying to rescue a German research vessel trapped in Antarctica.
But the skeleton crew was down to a week's worth of food and fuel before the Argentine icebreaker delivered supplies on Friday.
If the icebreaker does not manage to break free before the austral summer arrives in November, there are enough supplies on board the two ships for them to last the winter.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2149292.stm   (288 words)

  
 Icebreaker Games - Page 1
Depending on the number of participants, you may want to pick a few helpers for this icebreaker game.
The helpers will all have a small tube of lipstick in their pocket or hidden in their hands before the game starts.
Join our mailing list to receive our periodic newsletter and be kept up to date on new games, ideas and activities.
www.funattic.com /game_icebreaker.htm   (1200 words)

  
 Outdoor Sports - Icebreaker Merino Wool Clothing
Icebreaker clothing is made from 100% pure merino wool.
Each icebreaker layer has a very high warmth to weight ratio, but you don't overheat as your icebreaker breathes exceptionally well.
This mean your icebreaker will excel in a wide range of climates.
www.outdoorsports.co.nz   (205 words)

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