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Polar-class icebreaker

Index Polar-class icebreaker

Polar-class icebreakers, are heavy icebreakers operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). [1]

25 relations: Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, Antarctica, Arctic, Associated Press, Diesel engine, Gas turbine, Icebreaker, Lisa Murkowski, Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Maria Cantwell, Mark Begich, McMurdo Station, Navy Times, Patty Murray, Polar icebreaker program, Pratt & Whitney, Seattle, The Seattle Times, United States Coast Guard, United States Senate, USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), USS Glacier (AGB-4), Variable-pitch propeller, Washington (state).

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Anchorage Daily News

The Anchorage Daily News is a daily newspaper published by the Binkley Group, and based in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel which is injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression (adiabatic compression).

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Gas turbine

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous combustion, internal combustion engine.

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Icebreaker

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.

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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska and member of the Republican Party.

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Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company

Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company (a.k.a. Lockheed Shipbuilding), was a shipyard in Seattle, Washington on Harbor Island at the mouth of the Duwamish River.

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Maria Cantwell

Maria Elaine Cantwell (born October 13, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Washington, elected in 2000.

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Mark Begich

Mark Peter Begich (born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015.

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McMurdo Station

The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

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Navy Times

Navy Times (ISSN 0028-1697) is an American newspaper published 26 times per year serving active, reserve and retired United States Navy personnel and their families, providing news, information, analysis, community lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides.

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Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; October 11, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Washington, a seat she was first elected to in 1992.

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Polar icebreaker program

The Polar Icebreaker Program is the program to replace the United States Coast Guards aging fleet of icebreakers.

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Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)

USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel.

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USS Glacier (AGB-4)

USS Glacier (AGB-4) (later USCGC Glacier (WAG/WAGB-4)) was a U.S. Navy, then U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker which served in the first through fifteenth Operation Deep Freeze expeditions.

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Variable-pitch propeller

A controllable-pitch propeller (CPP) or variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar-class_icebreaker

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