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National Geographic : 1981 Aug
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The world knocks at Helsinki's doorfor ships. The speciality in this city offrozen harbors is icebreakers. The bow of one is welded togetherat the shipbuildingdivision of Oy Wdrtsilli Ab (above), Helsinki's largest private employer and world leader in icebreakertechnology. The firm's most recent icebreakerseach generateroughly 36,000 horsepower, enough to provide electricityfor a city of 43,000. Wdrtsild's yards lie next to the commercial center of Helsinki (right) in Western Harbor,one of five harbor areason the coastline of islandsand inlets that compose Finland's largest seaport. 242
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