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U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Update
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the past couple of months
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Peter Rybski
ICE Pact Update
I want to believe that it will succeed. But I have my doubts.
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Does the Icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot Meet U.S. Coast Guard Standards?
Comparing Commercial Specifications and MIL-SPEC suggests that yes, she does, making a strong case for future commercial builds.
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Le Commandant Charcot's Classification
Deciphering what her class notations actually mean.
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Charcot's Summer: Operation Tugaalik, the Northwest Passage, and the Transpolar Sea Route
A quick look at what NATO's most capable Icebreaker is up to this summer.
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ICYMI: Healy Returns to Seattle Following Fire
The damage will likely end the USCG's Arctic patrol. But with the Polar Star in drydock, the USCG may once again find itself with zero icebreakers…
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Hanwha and Philly Shipyard: The Icebreaking Connection
Hanwha brings experience with ice-capable vessels to a shipyard that has shown interest in building icebreakers.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the Commandant of the Coast Guard's Testimony to the Homeland Security Committee.
One interesting question regarding the Polar Security Cutter, but mostly more of the same from the July 24, 2024 hearing.
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