A 1980s Wärtsilä documentary about the full-scale ice trials of Otso on our YouTube channel:
In March 1986, the Finnish diesel-electric icebreaker Otso was put through a series of tests in the Bothnian Bay to evaluate her icebreaking capability.
Documentary about the full-scale ice trials of the Finnish icebreaker Otso
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