Icebreakers are not just specialty ships for frozen seas anymore. They are becoming some of the most strategically important ...

As global warming continues and sea lanes open in the Arctic, the world’s major powers are pouring money into the construction of icebreaker ships. Icebreaker ships are the unsung enablers of Arctic ...

At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to ...

When ice forms on major waterways in the wintertime or in year-round cold climates, it can seize up marine traffic, not allowing boats to pass through, and often even trapping them in ice. In order to ...