Kapitan Khlebnikov (icebreaker)

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The Kapitan Khlebnikov (Russian: Капитан Хлебников) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) icebreaker/cruise ship that offers excursions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Built in 1981 in Finland, it is one of four Kapitan Sorokin class icebreakers, a sister vessel to the Kapitan Dranitsyn, Kapitan Sorokin and Kapitan Nikolayev.

In February 2006 the Kapitan Khlebnikov reached the Bay of Whales in the Antarctic. The ship had reached 78° 40.871' south and equalled the record set by Roald Amundsen in the Fram in 1911.^[1]

The Kapitan Khlebnikov was completed in 1981.^[2] She is one of the five large icebreakers operated by the Far East Shipping Company.

Contents 1 Charters 2 Specifications 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Charters

In addition to charters for scientific missions, and for supplying mines and other resource exploitation industries the vessel is also chartered for adventure cruises.^[3]

[edit] Specifications

Displacement	12,288 tons
Power	22,000 hp or 24,000 hp total
Length	132.40 m
Width	26.75 m
Draft	8.50 m
Hangars	2 helicopters
Cuising Speed	14 knots or 15 knots
Max speed	19 knots
Crew	60 or 70
Passengers	108

[edit] See also

• Icebreaker Admiral Makarov
• Icebreaker Magadan
• Icebreaker Sakhalin
• Icebreaker Krasin

[edit] References

1. ^ Discover the World
2. ^ "Fesco Vessels: Kapitan Khlebnikov", Fesco Transport Group. Retrieved on 2008-02-21. 
3. ^ Stephen Hartshorne. "Sailing the Historic Northwest Passage in a Polar-Class Icebreaker", Go Nomad, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 

[edit] External links

• General information on the Kapitan Khlebnikov at Quark Expeditions
• Deck plan at Quark Expeditions.
• Cool Antarctic page devoted to Khlebnikov.
• Hughes, Peter (2007-02-10). The last continent. Telegraph. Retrieved on 2007-02-23. (Hughes describes his journey on the Kapitan Khlebnikov)