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Icebreakers Atlantic Ocean, in 2 editions.

The entry for Atlantic Ocean published Icebreakers in 2 editions of 36, from 2022 to 2023. The text never changed. Each is shown as published. Icebreakers in every entry.

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the first edition with it
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the latest edition with it
2023

Published as “Icebreakers” (2022 to 2023).

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North Atlantic

Canada:
one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker
France:
one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
Germany:
one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
US:

one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker, and one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker

Baltic

Denmark:
three PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Estonia:
two PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Finland:
seven PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers, and two PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Latvia:
one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
Russia:
22 PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers, and five PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Sweden:

four PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers

Great Lakes/St Lawrence Seaway

Canada:

one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker, ten PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers

Mediterranean

Italy:

one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker

South Atlantic

Argentina:
one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
UK (Falkland Islands):
one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker
South Africa:
one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker

note: the ships are listed by Polar Class (PC) vessel: PC 1 - year-round operation in all polar waters (ice thickness >3 m); PC 2 - year-round operation in moderate multi-year ice conditions (ice thickness up to 3 m); PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm); PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

North Atlantic
Canada: one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker
France: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
Germany: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
US: one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker, and one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
Baltic
Denmark: three PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Estonia: two PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Finland: seven PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers, and two PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Latvia: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
Russia: 22 PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers, and five PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Sweden: four PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreakers
Great Lakes/St Lawrence Seaway
Canada: one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker, ten PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
Mediterranean
Italy: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
South Atlantic
Argentina: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
UK (Falkland Islands): one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker
South Africa: one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreaker
note: the ships are listed by Polar Class (PC) vessel: PC 1 - year-round operation in all polar waters (ice thickness >3 m); PC 2 - year-round operation in moderate multi-year ice conditions (ice thickness up to 3 m); PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm); PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

Central Intelligence Agency. “Atlantic Ocean: Icebreakers.” The World Factbook, 2022–2023 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/atlantic-ocean/icebreakers.

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