Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...

U.S. icebreakers serve to clear passages through icy waterways. Their reinforced hulls are designed to break apart the ice, ...

Icebreakers provide assured United States access and presence to the polar regions, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis (WAGB 21) has departed on its first operational deployment. The cutter is the agency’s ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in ...

Marine ecologist Malin Pinsky explains how record-breaking ocean warming is driving unprecedented shifts in marine life, disrupting ecosystems and economices, and challenging both science and policy ...

Less sea ice over the summer periods in the Russian ... America's two operational icebreakers, USCGC Healy and USCGC Polar Star, contrast with Russia's 55 icebreakers, which include 18 military ...

Construction of the Polar Sentinel is now estimated to cost $1.9 billion, according to an August 2024 report by the Congressional Budget Office. That figure is 39% higher than the Coast Guard’s ...

Polar Star celebrated its 49 th year of Service to the Nation and visited Cape Polar Star in the northern part of the Ross Sea. Cape Polar Star was named after Polar Star for the scientific support ...

13,000-ton heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB 11), commissioned in 1976, and the 420-foot, 16,000-ton medium icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), which entered service in 1999. Polar Sea’s ...

A second heavy icebreaker, USCGC Polar Sea, has been out of service since 2010 due to engine failure. The American fleet pales in comparison to that of Russia and China. Russia operates 55 ...

She served on the Sea Devil for two years and a half years doing submarine ... She has deployed all over the Pacific in support of several Coast Guard missions. She deployed on the USCGC Polar Star ...