Washington views the Arctic as a strategic priority, but Chinese analysts split on whether costly infrastructure serves ...

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Why the United States has only two icebreakers and Russia has 55, and why that is not a big deal, is not what you think.

Trump said during a press conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands that he is negotiating with Finland to buy 15 icebreaker ships.

The United States needs more icebreakers. The country has a growing national interest in the Arctic, and its relations with Russia, a dominant force in the region, are increasingly chilly. Yet ...

F OR WEEKS Chinese state media have been proudly reporting the progress of two icebreakers, Xue Long and Xue Long 2, on their voyage to Antarctica. China has maintained research bases in the Earth ...

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose speeding up the timeline for purchasing and constructing new Coast Guard icebreakers in the Arctic, an area where the United States has fallen behind ...

Heavy icebreakers are crucial for national security Heavy icebreakers are also essential assets for national security in the Arctic and to uphold U.S. sovereignty in our polar seas.

The U.S. has only two polar icebreakers to Russia’s three dozen and has struggled to acquire more. China and Russia are growing more active around receding ice.

China has sent two icebreakers to the Antarctic in its most ambitious polar expedition to the resource-rich continent yet. The Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, left Shanghai on Tuesday morning with a crew ...

China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, departed from its home base in Shanghai for its latest Antarctic expedition on Monday morning, marking the third time that both Xuelong and ...

The Icebreakers 2021 Chinese New Year online celebration was held on Wednesday via virtual platforms, to promote cultural exchanges and enhance mutual understanding between China and the United ...