A Canadian company aims to design icebreakers that would enable US ships to transit the Arctic Circle, potentially ...

The United States' first polar icebreaker acquired for the Coast Guard in more than 25 years has begun its maiden voyage, as it prepares to safeguard America's interests in the Arctic.

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.

The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) has chosen Aker Arctic to design a Baltic Sea assistance icebreaker as… Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Nuclear icebreakers help to develop year-round navigation for merchant ships, as well as for large oil and LNG tankers, not only in high seas but also in the estuaries of Siberian rivers.

Smartwool and icebreaker set the example for what’s possible. They reinvent their entire lifecycle with take-back programs, responsible sourcing, and investment in natural, bio-based materials.

Although Title 14 of the US Code mandates domestic shipbuilding for most US Coast Guard vessels, icebreakers can bypass this requirement via presidential waivers, leaving the door open for cooperation ...

The damages to cargo ship Yamal Krechet is not known. The ship has been moored in the port of Sabetta since after the crash with the icebreaker. The 50 Let Pobedy is the newest of the older ...

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.

The nuclear icebreaker was damaged on the port bow above the waterline. Russia's "50 Let Pobedy" nuclear icebreaker moored at the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, in Arctic region on August 17, 2019.