Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department make repairs in the ship’s motor room while in the Ross Sea near Antarctica on Jan. 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. lacks icebreaking capability in the Arctic and Antarctic and should build four polar icebreakers with heavy icebreaking capability to help minimize the life-cycle costs of ...

In October 2025, the United States Coast Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Finland to expand its Arctic-capable icebreaker fleet. This agreement allows for the construction of 11 ...

SEATTLE — The only U.S. vessel capable of breaking a navigable channel through ice up to 21 feet thick departed Seattle on Wednesday for its annual Antarctic deployment, the Coast Guard said. The U.S.

The Pentagon has been warning since 2022 that the US desperately needed more icebreaker ships. The United States Coast Guard commissioned a vessel last weekend that could be crucial to US military ...

A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy polar icebreakers and four to five medium polar ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker fleet in the Arctic, where Washington hopes to ...