For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have complained about the U.S. falling behind Russia and China in the Arctic.

The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first ...

Russia launched the world's biggest, most powerful icebreaker on Thursday in St. Petersburg. The Arktika is 568 feet long and powered by two nuclear reactors. It can break through ice 13 feet deep ...

In this Journey, we take a closer look at Project 10510 "Leader," the world’s largest and most powerful nuclear icebreaker, set to redefine Arctic exploration. Planned to be commissioned by 2027 ...

Russia's NS 50 Let Pobedy, the world's biggest icebreaker (Photo: Anton Chmelev from St.-Petersburg, Russia) The 50 Let Pobedy is 159 meters long (524 ft) and weighs 23,439 metric tons (25,837 tons).

As the largest icebreaker in the United States, the research vessel can crash through sea ice 4.5 feet thick with ease and continue operating in -50 degrees Fahrenheit — abilities that have ...

Mich., is calling on the U.S. Senate to reinclude funding for a new Great Lakes heavy icebreaker in its reconciliation bill ...

The as-yet unnamed icebreaker - the first of the LK-60 model to be built - will be 173 metres long and 34 metres wide, some 14 metres longer and 4 meters wider than the current biggest icebreaker, the ...

Finally, we can have a look at the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy, the most technologically advanced and largest American icebreaker. Designed as a research platform, it has 4,200 feet of lab space ...

The US Coast Guard's largest ship — the icebreaker Healy — reached the North Pole on September 30 on what was only the second unaccompanied trip there by a US ship.

The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system susceptible to failure in ice.