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As the Arctic heats up, the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet is preparing for boom times

On a dreary November day in Seattle, the U.S. Coast Guard put its past and future on display. Within sight of the Space Needle, three eye-catching red icebreakers towered over Pier 36. It was the first time since 2006 that the Coast Guard has had three active icebreakers in the same place at the same […]