Eli5: How do icebreaker ships work?

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How are they different from regular ships?
What makes them be able to plow through ice where others aren’t?

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In addition to what others have mentioned, the ice breaking ships have a bubble maker that blows bubbles under the ice first, which makes a pocket of air under the ice, which makes the ice a ‘shelf’ that is easier to break than if it were sitting buoyant on the water.

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