Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding wants to invest $1 billion to build vessels to help expand U.S. influence as Arctic competition ...

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

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, departed on its maiden voyage to safeguard U.S. sovereign interests in the Arctic ...

Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the service's first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, departed on its maiden voyage ...

The Storis icebreaker set out on its maiden journey for Juneau on Tuesday with plans to commission it there in August, but it ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking ...

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

Ryan Dacko, author of “The Book of Quint,” a prequel to “Jaws,” will be on-Island during Amity Week. Dacko’s novel provides details and backstory to enhance the performances in the original movie. In ...

and previously commanded Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), from July 2022 to July 2024. The vessel is manned with a hybrid crew consisting of military cuttermen and civilian mariners.

The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar ...

Polar Sea’s sister ship, USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), has been out of service for more than a decade and used as a source of parts for Polar Sea. Polar Star is now located at the Navy’s ...