HL2 The Borealis (Aperture's Healy-class Icebreaker)

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>*"It's... [the Borealis](https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Borealis)?"* > *"Good god."* > *"What? The Borealis? It's real?"* <img src="https://i.imgur.com/p7d35Pf.jpg"> Well it sure is now. More exactly the version seen in Half Life 2 Episode 2, which is heavily based on the USCGC Healy icebreaker instead of the Polar-class ones. I suppose it's not a too far fetched idea that Aperture acquired the ship at some point and made extensive modifications to it for the teleportation experiment. Since we never see the rear of the ship, nor was it ever defined by Valve, I've extrapolated what could've possibly been there. That includes two smaller Enrichment Spheres on top to house two black holes and an Aperture themed landing pad at the end, along with some brand containers seen on deck and a different crane layout. And of course the ice mountain it ended up inside. The rough scale of the model at default size is about 1:620. [Imgur album with more project photos.](https://imgur.com/a/ydam4ty) ---------- I've also used a few other models to aid in the making (but I can't exactly label it as a remix of them all): - [Small compressed Titanic and scale example of the iceberg](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2641548) as a base to work from for the terrain - [20ft shipping container model](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1561981) as the Aperture Laboratories containers - [Boat Propellor for 8 mm diameter shaft](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3997246) as the two ship props