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Coast Guard confirms plans to buy polar icebreaker and station it in Juneau • Alaska Beacon


Coast Guard confirms plans to buy polar icebreaker and station it in Juneau • Alaska Beacon

The U.S. Coast Guard will purchase a commercial icebreaker and station it in Alaska’s capital. confirmed Wednesday. The confirmation, which had been expected following a preliminary announcement earlier this year, came days after 27-year-old icebreaker Healy suffered an electrical fire This forced the company to cancel its summer mission in the Arctic Ocean. The Coast […]