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After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.

Polarstern is being built for the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).The new ...

The quest to rebuild the U.S. iceabreaking fleet continues to move at lightening speed, with Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) ...

Seaspan is providing the same design it has drawn up for the Canadian Coast Guard under Canada's national shipbuilding ...

The Coast Guard on Monday announced it awarded two contracts covering up to six new Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers ...

Congressional critics have called for action to close an Arctic region “icebreaker gap” with Russia and China.

The new Chilean-built “Almirante Viel” icebreaker completed her first week of sea testing on Friday, it was reported in Santiago. The new unit, built at the Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada ...

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon welcomed 2026 with games, another time change and a soup that marks the years ticking ...

The recent cold spell has led the authorities to order an icebreaker to start working in Pärnu Bay from Wednesday.