As global warming continues and sea lanes open in the Arctic, the world’s major powers are pouring money into the construction of icebreaker ships.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation ...

Bollinger Shipyards has finalized a $2.1 billion contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — first announced last fall — to produce four new Arctic Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast ...

The quest to rebuild the U.S. iceabreaking fleet continues to move at lightening speed, with Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) signing agreements with Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) and Rauma Marine ...

President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants the United States to control Greenland, refusing to take military action off the table and declaring that he will make the semi-autonomous Danish ...

Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile onto an F/A-18C aircraft at Marine ...

The quest to rebuild the U.S. iceabreaking fleet continues to move at lightening speed, with Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) signing agreements with Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) and Rauma Marine ...

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The North Pole has long been considered the home of old Saint Nick. Interestingly, the singular form of the name suggests there is only one, sitting all by its lonesome at the top of the world. Sounds ...

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SOUTHERN OCEAN — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2026 and marked its 50th year of commissioned ...

The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet arrived this month at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to clear channels for supply ships.