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.

Icebreakers do not “cut” through ice like a knife, they climb onto it and use their mass to crush it from above while pushing the broken slabs aside. This explains the key hull design differences ...

Finnish ice and snow expertise was born out of necessity and transformed into cutting-edge innovations with global appeal. As ...

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 ...

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Aiviq builders gave more than $7M in political donations since 2012; Coast Guard purchased vessel under pressure from Congress. The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship ...

A nuclear-powered icebreaker lost control and slammed into a cargo ship it had been sent to rescue. The Russian vessel, Fifty Years of Victory, was en route to assist the bulk carrier Yamal Krechet, ...