1983年10月,苏联一支北冰洋运输船队,包括破冰船、货船、油轮、各种专用船、等近50艘船只,冰困北冰洋达一个月之久。当时苏联的电台、电视、报纸天天报道艰苦的救援作战情况。为救援这支船队,苏联当局出动了核动力破冰船三艘,强力破冰船十二艘,飞机,直升飞机多架,并抽调了大批专家参加。这次事件被塔斯社称为:“近半世纪来最大的灾难”。 October 1983, the Soviet Union, an Arctic transport fleet, including icebreakers, cargo ships, tankers, all kinds of special vessels, nearly 50 vessels, the ice trapped in the Arctic for a month. At that time, the Soviet Union’s radio, television and newspapers reported arduous rescue operations every day. To rescue the fleet, the Soviet authorities dispatched three nuclear-powered icebreakers, twelve powerful icebreakers, planes and helicopters and dispatched a large number of experts. Tass said the incident was “the biggest disaster in nearly half a century.”