Canada rejected similar overtures that year. A middleman for Chouest promised Canadian lawmakers a “fast-track polar icebreaker” — the Aiviq — “at less than one-third of the price of the ...

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. Its waste and ...

The American icebreaker fleet is in a dire state, and its future offers little hope for change. Currently, the Coast Guard’s fleet of icebreakers stands at a total of two ...

This is the second part of Barry Zellen's column on the U.S. government's Arctic policy. In its 2024 Arctic Strategy, the ...

Some 750 people took part in the Courage Polar Bear Dip in Oakville., Ont., just west of Toronto on Wednesday. Aiden Peel, who travelled more than 100 kilometres from Innisfil, Ont., to take the ...

Her tenure was marked by some struggles with ongoing problems, including years-long delays in building new Polar Security Cutters — which resulted in the decision to buy a private icebreaker and ...