There are plenty of «zero - based» (not competition with the Russians) reasons to invest in U.S. Arctic infrastructure, of which icebreaking capabilities are one component. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
And in order to encourage the use of these icebreakers — and the app's other features such as the «relationship wall» or «relationship health» sections — IceBreak offers incentives. (today.com)
The days are long gone when the United States had the domestic capacity to build great icebreaking ships, as when a giant tanker, the SS Manhattan, was refitted with an icebreaker bow for a remarkable and controversial Northwest Passage transit in 1969. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)