Nuclear-powered icebreaker
On 17 August 1977, NS "Arktika" ("Arctic") became the first surface ship ever to reach the North Pole. "Arktika" was withdrawn from service in 2008 after clocking up 175,000 hours of reactor operation time and covering more than 1 million nautical miles. Rather than be scrapped, there are calls for her to be converted to a museum ship, like her predecessor "Lenin".
Windjammer
The largest remaining original windjammer is the four-masted barque "Moshulu", today a restaurant ship moored in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The largest windjammer still sailing is a Russian school ship, the four-masted barque . The last windjammer in original layout is the , today a museum ship at Mariehamn.