Amendment to build icebreakers introduced to U.S. defense bill
In mid November, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced an amendment into the National Defense…
China’s Xue Long icebreaker embarks on Arctic expedition
The Chinese icebreaker Xue Long departed Shanghai on June 27 for a three-month expedition that will take it to the…
The icebreaker that could: USCGC Healy leads way for Russian tanker
Updated Below The isolation of Nome, Alaska has garnered the small city a certain degree of infamy. No roads lead to the city of 3,500 from the rest of…Continue Reading →