The U.S. Coast Guard launched Operation Taconite at 1 p.m. on Wednesday with one icebreaker assigned so far, according to a ...

The Trump administration and Congress, seeking to improve security, have approved funding for eight icebreakers and are ...

The Polar Star is making the trip as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual resupply of U.S. outposts under the U.S.

From the column: "(A) persistent Coast Guard presence with modern icebreakers homeported here in the Twin Ports rather than ...

The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star departed Seattle, Nov. 27, commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...

Men and women of the Coast Guard conduct risky law enforcement missions and perform search and rescue operations. In 2025, ...

The icebreaker Aiviq, seen sailing 116 miles southwest of Kodiak. (From U.S. Coast Guard) The U.S. Coast Guard inked a deal last month to bring a third icebreaker, the civilian vessel Aiviq, into its ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the massive Coast Guard Cutter Healy, the only icebreaker operated by the ...

SAUL STE. MARIE,. Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes initiated Operation Taconite at 1 p ...

NewsNation got an exclusive first look at one of the heavy-duty ships that is currently being retrofitted before it’s commissioned in Alaska. The Storis, named using a Scandinavian word that means ...

President Donald Trump is setting the gears in motion for a significant expansion of America’s polar fleet, marked by the Monday commissioning of the United States Coast Guard cutter Storis, its first ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Odette stands lookout on the back deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis’ daughter craft in Sitka, Alaska on Aug. 3, 2025. The small boat can carry up to 15 people ...