Not only are the U.S.’s nuclear missile defenses based in the Arctic, but there’s also fear Russia could seize control of ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science ...

Canadian shipbuilder Davie has been awarded a contract by the Government of Canada for the construction of a polar ...

The Canadian government has awarded contracts to Chantier Davie Canada (Davie) Inc. and Seaspan’s Vancouver shipyard to ...

Some much needed icebreaking between the U.S. and Canada — literally speaking — will begin today when a Canadian Coast Guard vessel leaves port and heads west on the St. Lawrence Seaway. "We will ...

Seaspan Shipyards has been awarded the construction contract to build one of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new heavy polar ...

The Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Department has awarded the North Vancouver-based Seaspan Shipyards an undisclosed amount ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star moves through pack ice Dec. 28, 2019, about 200 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 43-year-old Polar Star is the nation’s only heavy icebreaker ...

The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) is a long-term, multi-billion-dollar program aimed at renewing the fleets of the Canadian Coast Guard and the ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2015. (George Degener/Coast ...