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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well the trick is, they actually don’t plow through ice. They “beach” themselves onto the ice until their weight is to much for the ice to bear and it breaks off. Then repeat. Think of you falling into the water on a frozen pond. You try rolling onto the ice to pull yourself out of the water, but everytime you’re halfway up there, the ice beneath you breaks and you’re back in the water.

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