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 ...

While East Texas weathers through a winter cold snap or two, one local gentleman has a unique and other-worldly appreciation ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy icebreaker into her homeport of Seattle. Over the past decade, few observers realized that President-Elect Donald Trump’s maritime enthusiasms have had lasting ...

The icebreaker served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ... Built in Norway as MV Polar Circle, she was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1991 as HMS Polar Circle, before being purchased outright and ...

This is an artist’s rendition of a new icebreaker that will be built. The U.S. Coast Guard currently operates one heavy icebreaker, the 399-foot Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, ...

For the first time in 25 years, the United States Coast Guard welcomed a new polar icebreaker to its fleet. It will be stationed in Juneau, Alaska, and it’s scheduled to start busting ice for 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 ...