The commissioning of the country’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker is poised to bridge a wide range of national ambitions.

The head of the U.S. Coast Guard claims that Russia’s new class of icebreakers will be fully-fledged warships.

The service awarded multiple contracts for heavy polar icebreaker industry studies this week.

The new vessel is expected to be commissioned in 2019.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s initiative to build additional icebreakers is gaining momentum.

Among other things, Russia will introduce the design for a new super-nuclear icebreaker by the end of 2015.