#Latest news with #icebreakingWall Street Journal11-05-2025ScienceWall Street JournalTo Dominate the Arctic, Trump Needs Ice-Breaking Ships. Finland Wants to Help.HELSINKI—Smashing ice is straightforward—except when it is more than 10 feet thick and you're using a ship, even one designed for the job. If an icebreaker's hull is the wrong shape, the ice bends but doesn't break. Without the right paint, the ship grates against the ice like sandpaper. Spin the propellers too fast or too slow and deflected chunks of subsea ice can make the ship reverberate like a gong.
Wall Street Journal11-05-2025ScienceWall Street JournalTo Dominate the Arctic, Trump Needs Ice-Breaking Ships. Finland Wants to Help.HELSINKI—Smashing ice is straightforward—except when it is more than 10 feet thick and you're using a ship, even one designed for the job. If an icebreaker's hull is the wrong shape, the ice bends but doesn't break. Without the right paint, the ship grates against the ice like sandpaper. Spin the propellers too fast or too slow and deflected chunks of subsea ice can make the ship reverberate like a gong.
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