Us Coast Guard Turns Downward Arctic Practice Because 40-Year-Old Icebreaker Mightiness Intermission Downward Too Would Involve Russian Help

This is simply sad.
From SouthFront:

U.S. Watchdog Warns The Coast Guard To Get Real About Its Plans To Field Critical New Icebreakers" in addition to final March, "U.S. Navy Releases Proposal Request for Coast Guard’s New Heavy Polar Icebreaker":

If the U.S. were serious the request-for-proposal would hold out for vi ships in addition to they would bring been started v to 10 years ago.
China, a non-polar acre already has a modest fleet of calorie-free in addition to medium icebreakers in addition to is rumored to bring plans for a novel medium amongst a 3-3.5 meter-thick-ice capability every bit a stepping-stone to a yoke heavy icebreakers past times the mid-to-late 2020's. They are serious well-nigh their Polar Silk Road.*