Icebreakers are not just specialty ships for frozen seas anymore. They are becoming some of the most strategically important vessels in the world because the Arctic is turning into a competition over ...

Canadian workers are building powerful new icebreakers seen as crucial to cementing the country's presence in the ...

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

Reporting for BBC Tech Now, Adrienne Murray visits Finland to meet the engineers designing and testing the world's strongest ...

December 17, 2025: Last year, the Ice Pact between the US, Canada and Finland led to contracts to build a lot more icebreakers. The United States is negotiating with Finland to buy 15 icebreakers.

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 ...