German Research Vessel Polarstern has found a location to begin its year-long drift in Arctic sea-ice ... supported by other icebreakers in search of a suitable piece of ice where it could ...

The new icebreakers would be designed and operated by the Coast Guard, since under US law it is the sole service responsible for icebreaking missions. “As an Arctic nation, America must be a ...

China's first domestically built icebreaker left this month for its first trip to the Arctic, a few days after President Donald Trump said the US was pursuing as many as 10 new icebreakers of its ...

The Project 22220 vessels are the largest icebreakers in the world. Russia has ordered seven such ships, three of ...

The company’s biggest target now is to offer sufficient services of nuclear icebreakers for major national Arctic hydrocarbon projects. "The fleet of nuclear icebreakers is Russia’s ...

Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas. Russia already ...

The ship will be designed and built by Seaspan Shipyards as part of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy.Steerprop will equip the Polar Icebreaker with two arctic tunnel thrusters specially ...

The Project 22220 units are the largest icebreakers in the world. Russia has ordered seven such ships, three of which — ...

Back in the 19th Century there was a race to map and navigate the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean as a shortcut ... albeit led by a Canadian coastguard icebreaker.

The US does not have enough icebreaker ships to compete in the Arctic the way Russia can with its much larger fleet, a US military commander warned. US Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot ...

Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas, and mining, shipping, and cruising in the region. Russia, Canada, and Norway are growing their icebreaker fleets and shore-based ...

Russia, in particular, has heavily militarized the Arctic. It is the owner of the world’s largest and most capable fleet of icebreakers. It has spent the past two decades building and upgrading ...