The Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Polar Star breaks through Antarctic sea ice near the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station on Jan. 15, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley/Public Domain
The United States joined Canada and Finland in signing an agreement to formalize a joint effort to build state-of-the-art arctic and polar icebreaker vessels.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Canadian Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto for an official signing of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact in Washington on Nov. 13.
