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

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

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

The need for construction of specialized ships to clear the path in the ice appeared in the mid-18th century. The first ...

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

China has sent two icebreakers to the Antarctic in its most ambitious polar expedition to the resource-rich continent yet. The Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, left Shanghai on Tuesday morning with a crew ...

The U.S. has only two polar icebreakers to Russia’s three dozen and has struggled to acquire more. China and Russia are growing more active around receding ice.

Icebreakers embark on Antarctic expedition By HE QI in Shanghai | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2022-11-01 09:07 ...

The Icebreakers 2021 Chinese New Year online celebration was held on Wednesday via virtual platforms, to promote cultural exchanges and enhance mutual understanding between China and the United ...

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 ...

Nuclear icebreakers are also more capable than conventional vessels of producing the thrust necessary for cleaving ten-foot-thick ice for sustained periods of time. A nuclear icebreaker on its ...

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose speeding up the timeline for purchasing and constructing new Coast Guard icebreakers in the Arctic, an area where the United States has fallen behind ...