Arktika-class icebreaker
The "Arktika" class is a Russian (former Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers. Formerly known as "Project 10520 nuclear-powered icebreaker", they were the largest and most powerful icebreakers until the 2016 launch of the ship named Arktika. Ships of the "Arktika" class are owned by the federal government, but were operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCO) until 2008, when they were transferred to the fully government-owned operator Atomflot. Of the ten civilian nuclear-powered vessels built by Russia (and the Soviet Union), six have been of this type. They are used for escorting merchant ships in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia as well as for scientific and recreational expeditions to the Arctic.
SS Keewatin
"Keewatin" is one of the largest of the remaining Edwardian era passenger steamers left in the world. The ship has thus become a time capsule of those days, along with a few other ships lucky enough to survive, such as , lake steamer TSS "Earnslaw" (1913), (currently still operational in New Zealand), and surviving ex-Manly ferry MV "Baragoola" (1922) (out of service held in Australia). "Keewatin" is also noted as part of the evolution of the Great Lakes as a strong maritime center, and her long service record is attributed to her popularity and solid engineering.