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Icebreakers are specialized, expensive vessels able to navigate in the frozen far north.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"Icebreakers are really the only kind of naval vessel to signal that you are an Arctic state, with Arctic capabilities. And I think this is what much of the US discourse is about."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Icebreakers, the powerful, specially designed vessels that create channels through frozen waters for cargo ships and other carriers, are vital in countries with cold climates such as Finland.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2014

"He knew his life was at risk," says Dennis Wamala, the program director at Icebreakers, a gay and lesbian support group.

From Time • Jan. 28, 2011

Icebreakers would for a while brave the Arctic gales that swept the north coast.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.