Abstract:Almost a detective story describing a hopeless search in archives which took many years and apparently resulted in the discovery of not just the singular origin of the first ice breaker, but the engineering ingenuity that led to that first design. This paper will uncover the forgotten history of the first icebreaker and will recreate its original shape using the original general arrangements and references uncovered during the research.
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