Coast Guard icebreaker Healy towed to Washington after engine failureThe Coast Guard’s Cutter Healy was towed to Port Angeles, Washington, earlier this month as a result of a “significant engineering casualty.”By Patricia Kime6 weeks ago
Coast Guard to expand icebreaker fleet with 11 Arctic Security CuttersLast May, DHS approved production of the service’s first polar security cutter to be built in nearly five decades.By Zita Ballinger Fletcher7 months ago
Coast Guard rescues cruise ship stuck in Antarctic ice The Polar Star marked its 50th anniversary by freeing an Australian-owned cruise ship trapped in ice.By Riley Ceder8 months ago
Canada, Finland tout different paths of ‘icebreaker diplomacy’ with USCanada and Finland are jockeying for position in what could become a large U.S. investment in icebreakers.By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo17 months ago
Scorned by Trump, Canadian shipbuilders flash their icebreaker skills"What we are trying to do is be a contributor to our neighbors and help them,” one Canadian shipbuilding executive said.By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo19 months ago
White House Arctic strategy calls for enhanced military presenceThe enhanced U.S. posture aims to deter increased Russian and Chinese activity in the region as global warming rapidly melts the Polar ice caps.By Bryant Harris4 years ago