The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will begin building a new massive icebreaker in fiscal 2021 to conduct research in the north polar region. It comes as Arctic ...

The Coast Guard announced it accepted ownership of the motor vessel Aiviq, a 360-foot polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, from an Edison Chouest Offshore subsidiary Friday. The vessel ...

The US Coast Guard has taken steps to address its dearth of icebreaking vessels. In the first instance, it has accepted ownership of the motor vessel Aiviq, a 360-foot polar class 3-equivalent ...

And Tan Suo Er Hao (Explorer 2) can carry manned submersibles but is not an icebreaker. China is moving to expand its footprint and influence in the polar regions with shipping and research.

Hongkongers thronged to get a look at the first polar research icebreaker built in China that has docked in Hong Kong on a goodwill visit. Members of the public on Tuesday gave the massive Xue ...

It coordinates polar research in Germany and provides major infrastructure to the international scientific community, such as the research icebreaker Polarstern and stations in the Arctic and ...

The Coast Guard has two ocean-going icebreakers, the Healy, which operates in the Arctic, and the Polar Star, a 48-year-old ship that is the only one capable of breaking heavy ice in Antarctica.