Trilateral "ICE Pact" Aims to Build "Best-In-Class" Fleet of Icebreakers

Published: July 19, 2024, 3:26 p.m.

In this edition of\xa0Wilson Center NOW,\xa0 we are joined by Rebecca Pincus, Director of the Wilson Center\u2019s Polar Institute. She highlights the recently announced Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE-PACT) by the US, Canada, and Finland. The collaboration is intended to \u201cstrengthen shipbuilding and maritime industrial capacity through closer cooperation on polar icebreakers and counter Russia and China in the Arctic and Antarctic.\u201d