China has claimed the status of a " near-Arctic state " and a stakeholder in Arctic affairs. In recent years, the East Asian ...

Washington views the Arctic as a strategic priority, but Chinese analysts split on whether costly infrastructure serves ...

In a major move to accelerate the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet expansion, Bollinger Shipyards, Rauma Shipyards, ...

China's icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2 crossed the equator and entered the Southern Hemisphere for the country's 41st Antarctic expedition on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

Louisiana shipbuilder Bollinger is teaming with Finnish and Canadian shipyards for a bid to build the new class of Arctic ...

Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet got her first bill through the House ― a provision that requires the Coast Guard to develop a ...

FOR WEEKS Chinese state media have been proudly reporting the progress of two icebreakers, Xue Long and Xue Long 2, on their voyage to Antarctica. China has maintained research bases in the Earth ...

Russia – which already has at least 21 government-operated icebreakers, according to a recent Congressional Research Report – devotes significant resources to the region.

For this reason, icebreakers are usually expected to last only 30 years. The youngest ship in Canada's icebreaking fleet is the 25-year-old Henry Larsen. Next in line is the 29-year-old Terry Fox.

Whenever you meet with a new group, the leader inevitably wants to do some icebreakers. The motivation is good–a team functions better when they know and understand each other. But people don ...

In total, researchers estimate that the number of icebreakers traversing the Arctic at any given time is usually less than three. So, Meier said, "The actual contribution is miniscule—only one ...