NSR. On December 7, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Taymyr completed the escort of a convoy of seven ships. For the first time in the history of Arctic shipping, at this time of the year, ships with different technical characteristics navigated the NSR from east to west under the escort of a nuclear-powered icebreaker. «This voyage will go down in the history of navigation along the Northern Sea Route,» said the head of Atomflot Mustafa Kashka.