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 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 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 ...
U.S. currently relies on two polar icebreakers, one heavy and one medium vessel. The heavy icebreaker, Polar Star, entered service in 1976 In contrast, the Russian fleet consists of roughly 40 ...
The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star completes ice drills in the Arctic in 2013.(Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel French/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters) Cutting boards and icebreakers ...
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 ...
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 ...