Is Global Icebreaker Race Imminent?

The ICE alliance has more geopolitical and geostrategic rationale than economic On July 11, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington, the US, Canada and Finland announced a new trilateral consortium—the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort,... ... the Sea. Nonetheless, the US has reason to be concerned about its position in the High North: It currently has only two ageing icebreakers with only one of them—the USCGC Polar Star, commissioned in 1976—being fully operational. Canada can boast a more ...