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The crew of Gazprom Neft's 22 MW Icebreaker 8 class icebreaker, project IBSV01 "Alexander Sannikov", rescued people from an ice floe in the Gulf of Ob on 18 December 2020, according to the RSD59Gazprom Neft - Yamal website.
 
After Gazpromneft-Yamal received information about the local residents in distress, the crew of the IBSV01 project icebreaker "Alexander Sannikov", which was on duty near the Arctic Gate terminal, immediately began a rescue operation: they identified the estimated location of the victims and searched for them.
 
After only two hours, the men were found and brought aboard the vessel.
 
According to information, two locals were riding a snowmobile on the ice of the Gulf of Ob and got caught in a crack. The snowmobile went down and the men managed to jump onto the ice floe.
 
The victims are now on the IBSV01 project icebreaker " Aleksandr Sannikov" under the care of the icebreaker's medical personnel. They will soon be sent ashore by helicopter.
 
The 22 MW Icebreaker 8 class icebreaker of the IBSV01 project, "Alexander Sannikov", was built in 2018 by the Vyborg Shipyard (director Alexander Solovyov).
 
The conceptual design was created by Aker Arctic Technology and the technical design of the IBSV01 was developed by the Marine Engineering Bureau. The working design documentation was carried out by PKB Petrobalt.
 
The IBSV01 project vessel "Aleksandr Sannikov" is currently one of the most powerful (after the 25 MW "Viktor Chernomyrdin") diesel-powered icebreakers in the world.
 
Vessels are intended for ice conveyance of tankers, assistance during mooring and cargo operations, rescue operations, towage, firefighting, participation in oil spill operations.
 
The vessel can operate in solid ice about 2.0 m thick and with 30 centimetres of snow cover at a speed of 2 knots when moving forward both fore and aft.
 
Vessels' main particulars are as follows: length overall is about 121.7 m, breadth overall is about 26.0 m, depth is 11.5 m, draught is 8.0 m.
 
Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping class is KM Icebreaker8 AUT1-ICS FF1WS DYNPOS-2 EPP ANTI-ICE ECO SDS<12 Winterization(-50) Tug.
 
Main vessel's purposes are as follows:
 
• tankers' conveyance to cargo region of oil export terminal (marine mooring system) at ice conditions;
• security support during mooring and loading of tankers.
 
Moreover, vessel is able to carry out auxiliary operations, as follows:
 
• protection of arctic oil export terminal (marine mooring system) from impacts from ice formation and ice floes movement;
• rescue operations in the region of Artic oil export terminal (marine mooring system) and assistance to vessels at ice conditions and on open water at seas of Beaufort force 7;
• search and rescue of people on the open water at seas of Beaufort force 5, and also at ice conditions;
• towage of vessels and marine floating structures at ice conditions and on open water;
• delivering and transportation of small parties of deck cargo or operational staff to arctic oil export terminal (marine mooring system);
• firefighting of floating and coastal objects accessible for approaching from the sea side;
• support of underwater engineering diving operations at depths of up to 12 meters;
• remote automated management of arctic oil export terminal (marine mooring system);
• participation in oil spill response operations, both on open water and at ice conditions as the equipment's carrier and collector of water and oil products, obtained as a result of spill combating;
• temporal accommodation of rescued crews of tankers and other vessels.
 
Keel of IBSV01 the lead vessel "Alexander Sannikov" (building No. 233) was laid down on 03.11.2015. She was launched on 24.11.16 and accepted for operation 29.06.18.
Keel of the second vessel "Andrey Vilkitsky" (building No. 234) was laid down on 14.12.2015. She was launched on 24.11.16 and accepted for operation 17.12.18.