USCG to buy Aiviq?
Ice-strengthened to the lowest Finnish-Swedish ice class (1C), so not quite icebreaking.
Sorry!! It was this one that went to the North Pole:
She is off to the North Pole again, leaving Longyearbyen 08. July, 2022:
https://en.ponant.com/cruises/on-board/vessel-le-commandant-charcot
If you feel the urge to go to the North Pole in style and comfort, now is the time:
What is holding you back? (Except your wallet maybe?)
What do you do when your supply of spares dries up? You start dismantling your older fleet for parts!
Oh, and USCGC Healy has reached the North Pole unaccompanied for the second time.
The Canadian Coast Guard gets its third interim medium icebreaker:
hope this thread will not be closed by patriotic " old OYSTERS" by my innocent insert here.
“Today Russia has…” (rolls a die, gets 2) “…damnit…” (rolls again, gets 3) “…fifty…” (rolls one more time, die rolls off the table) “…three icebreakers!”
Forber article has more background while USNI News article confirms that Bollinger is going to buy VT Halter and oversee the construction of USCG PSC’s:
Text: Catarina Stewen & Tuomas Romu