Sentence examples for icebreaking was from inspiring English sources

The Polar Star, which is specifically designed for open-water icebreaking, was due to leave Sydney, Australia, on Sunday and is expected to arrive at the stranded ships in a week's time, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa).

But since navigational aids can be caught in the ice and carried downstream, icebreaking is not conducted at night.

By now, L'Astrolabe had arrived at the ice edge, but its icebreaking capability was even less than Xue Long's.

Icebreaking vessels are used to clear paths for other vessels and occasionally to assist in relieving jams on large rivers.

The ice resistance series charts for icebreaking ships were developed through a series of systematic model tests in the ice tank of the Korean Research Institute of Ship and Ocean Engineering (KRISO).

Furthermore, empirical formulations for ice resistance on icebreaking vessels were combined with "max-to-mean ratios" from physical tank-model tests to estimate peak loads.

One of his icebreaking techniques is to make his audience build silly hats out of handkerchiefs, which is why I end up interviewing him with a knotted hanky on my head.

The Taliban men were ignorant of diplomatic niceties, and Richardson's icebreaking small talk was met by incomprehension.

A model test of an icebreaking vessel that was done in an ice basin has been introduced for going straight ahead in level ice at low speed.

A model of the icebreaking tanker Uikku was mounted on a rigid carriage and towed through an unbroken ice sheet in the ice tank of the Marine Technology Group at Aalto University.

In the two months since the talks halted, a number of icebreaking proposals have been presented to each side by Arab and American diplomats.