like this configuration might permit the ship to be used as an oblique icebreaker, allowing it to clear a channel wider than the ship’s
https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2015/04/28/russias-oblique-icebreaker/comment-page-1/#comment-47424
ship along the lines of Russia’s new oblique icebreaker would be particularly useful in the Great Lakes in that it would open a channel wider than the beam
https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2015/04/28/russias-oblique-icebreaker/comment-page-1/#comment-40479
8-minute video about Baltika's ice trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwe0MHRaqhA
https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2015/04/28/russias-oblique-icebreaker/comment-page-1/#comment-40449