Yamal Russian 29 Arktika Class Nuclear Powered Icebreaker Wooden Ship Model NEW

  
Hand crafted from scratch using finest woods & metal fittings. In July of 1994, Yamal took an excursion to the North Pole, with the NSF (National Science Foundation - US), to celebrate the official maiden voyage. Yamal is equipped with a double hull. The outer hull is 48 mm (1.89 in) thick where ice is met and 25 mm (0.98 in) elsewhere and has a polymer coating to reduce friction.

There is water ballast between the inner and outer hulls which can be shifted in order to aid icebreaking. Icebreaking is also assisted by an air bubbling system which can deliver 24 m3/s (850 cu ft/s) of air from jets 9 m (30 ft) below the surface.

Yamal can break ice while making way either forwards or backwards. Yamal carries one helicopter and several Zodiac boats.

Amenities include a large dining room (capable of holding all 100 passengers in one sitting), a library, passenger lounge, auditorium, volleyball court, gymnasium, heated indoor swimming pool, a sauna, and an infirmary. She is equipped with 50 passenger cabins and suites, all with toilets, exterior windows, a television, and a desk.

Yamal also played a significant role in creation of annual travel expeditions to the North Pole, being one of the few vessels capable of getting there and bringing tourists with it in safety. Yamal has made a total of 47 voyages to the North Pole.