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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday signed a deal with Canada and Finland – as part of the three countries' "Icebreaker" boat collaboration – to defend the Arctic as Russia seeks ...

Rescuers aboard a U.S. icebreaking ship on Friday reached an Australian fishing boat trapped in sea ice near Antarctica with 26 people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. The Polar Star, ...

A Russian nuclear icebreaker has been damaged in a collision with a cargo ship in the Arctic Circle, according to Russian media. The 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) icebreaker was attempting to ...

Many ships have tried to reach the floating tongue of Thwaites Glacier—a 130-kilometer-wide conveyor belt of ice that slides off West Antarctica’s coast and splinters into the sea. Thwaites is rapidly ...

British oil giant Shell is facing questions over its Russian gas shipments being escorted through the Arctic Circle by Kremlin-owned icebreakers which are subject to sanctions. Despite pleas from ...