On this feature on FRAME, we examine the exciting ice breakers of the US Coast Guard and see how a massive cruise ship is ...

The U.S. now operates only two aging icebreakers: the 27-year-old medium icebreaker USCGC Healy and the 49-year-old heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star. The Coast Guard’s other heavy icebreaker ...

As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

Construction of a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Coast Guard may begin by the end of December, more than five years after the service awarded a contract for the much-anticipated ship's design ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ...

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 ...

St-Laurent, foreground, and United States Coast Guard Cutter Healy are seen working together in the Arctic Ocean to acquire data to help map the seafloor. Both the governing Liberals and Opposition ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10 ... The cutter is a 399-foot heavy polar icebreaker commissioned in 1976. It weighs 13,500 tons, is 84 feet wide, and has a 34-foot draft.