Commissioned in 1976, the Polar Star is a 399-foot heavy polar icebreaker weighing 13,500 tons, 84-feet wide, with a 34-foot draft and capable of providing year-round access to both polar regions.
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, ...
The U.S. Coast Guard currently operates one heavy icebreaker, the 399-foot Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, and one medium-sized icebreaker, the 420-foot Coast Guard Cutter ...
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.
Trailblazer Preet Chandi, nicknamed Polar Preet, is set to battle exhaustion and endure temperatures of -50C (-58F) during the trek of just under 500 miles on shifting sea ice. The 36-year-old ...