unlike the other project 21900m icebreakers, "novorossiysk" has been operating primarily in the arctic and in the russian far east. in january 2017, the vessel's debut voyage to the high latitudes took her to franz josef land and for the rest of the icebreaking season she provided icebreaking services in the white sea. in 2018, she supported offshore drilling operations in the kara sea with ice management. after having been stationed in the far east basin during the 2018–2019 icebreaking season, "novorossiysk" was deployed to pevek until 31 october 2019. in august, she began escorting the cruise ship "silver explorer" along the northern sea route.