Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaking research vessel owned by Offshore Service Vessels LLC, operated by Edison Chouest Offshore, Inc. From its launch in 1992 until 2025 it was chartered by the United
Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, serving the National Science Foundation.
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An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-
Nathaniel B. Palmer (icebreaker)
…Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaking research vessel (RVIB) owned by Offshore Service Vessels LLC, operated by Edison Chouest Offshore, Inc. From its launch in 1992 until 2025 it was…
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), at right, breaks ice around the Russian-flagged tanker Renda, 250 miles (400 km) south of Nome, Alaska, in January 2012.
A 17th-century Russian koch in a museum
City Ice Boat No. 1 at the Delaware River. The paddle steamer was built in 1837.
Yermak is considered the first true modern sea-going icebreaker.