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 ...

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 ...

The polar icebreaker Aiviq in transit to Pascagoula, Miss. Once commissioned, the vessel will be renamed USCGC Storis. Edison Chouest Offshore photo. The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that it has ...

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 ...

President Trump has recently expressed a desire to expand American territory to include Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even ...

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, ...

As the Arctic region undergoes changes due to climate change, the melting of the ice opens up a new frontier, unlocking ...

The Coast Guard awarded a contract Nov. 20 to Offshore Service Vessels LLC, of Cut Off, Louisiana, to acquire the motor vessel (M/V) Aiviq, a 360-foot U.S.-built polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, U ...

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 ...