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. Icebreaker ships are the unsung enablers of Arctic ...

In much colder parts of the world where oceans tend to freeze over, conventional vessels are essentially immobilized without the help of icebreaker ships. These vessels break, crush, and clear frozen ...

When ice forms on major waterways in the wintertime or in year-round cold climates, it can seize up marine traffic, not allowing boats to pass through, and often even trapping them in ice. In order to ...

WASHINGTON DC - Two Michigan members of Congress are asking President Donald Trump to send a recently obtained icebreaker ship to the Great Lakes. U.S. Reps. Tom Barrett, a Republican, and Hillary ...

(CNN) — The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...