[image] Coast Guard Announces Newest Icebreaker Will Head to Juneau as Healy Suffers... While the Coast Guard previously had said it favored Juneau as the ship's home station, officials said as recently as June that it had not received funding to build the infrastructure needed in the Al…

If the Coast Guard has to wait on funding to build “infrastructure” in Juneau, by the time they get the funding, if the “climate change crowd” is correct, there won’t be any ice left to break. :grin:

[image] Coast Guard confirms plans to buy polar icebreaker, station it in Juneau •... The Aiviq was built in 2012 to serve the oil industry, but after a refit, it'll be a science-supporting vessel instead. Est. reading time: 3 minutes From the arti…

They still need to build the pier and services.

The way our government drags it’s @$$, excuse me, feet, 2036 will be more like it.

Wonder if the Tow Captain will be going up to Juneau as well?

Coast Guard Announces Newest Icebreaker - Aiviq Will Head to Juneau - #2 by Kennebec_Captain - Maritime News

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