The United States, Canada and Finland have formed a consortium to build icebreaker ships to counter China and Russia’s strategic advancements in the polar regions.
The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) pact, announced on July 11, 2024, at the three-day NATO summit in Washington, aims to expand the partners’ shipbuilding capabilities and increase their presence in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
A senior US administration official described the ICE agreement as a...