A top Norwegian military official identified icebreakers as one of the capability gaps that exist between NATO and Russia and ...

In much colder parts of the world where oceans tend to freeze over, conventional vessels are essentially immobilized without the help of icebreaker ships. These vessels break, crush, and clear frozen ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump on Thursday hosted Finnish President Alexander Stubb, where the two leaders announced an agreement for the U.S. 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 ...

Russian icebreakers have come to the aid of ships that are stuck in the ice of the Gulf of Finland. This was announced on February 27 on the website of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency.It ...

(CNN) — The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir has cleared a buildup of vessels trapped by heavy ice in the Gulf of Finland, Alexei Likhachev, director general of Russia ...