The United States' first polar icebreaker acquired for the Coast Guard in more than 25 years has begun its maiden voyage, as it prepares to safeguard America's interests in the Arctic. The vessel, ...

At 13,000 tons, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Star is a mammoth vessel made to cut through Arctic ice more than 20 feet thick. But it is the U.S.’s only icebreaker that operates year-round, and it was ...

The committee develops an independent cost estimate and advises the U.S. Congress on strategies to minimize life-cycle costs of polar icebreaker acquisition and operations. The Committee's report ...