InsideClimate News
Icebreakers are critical to science and security in the polar regions, and their importance is increasing as the planet warms. But the U.S. has been pushing off funding new ones, leaving the military with only has two aging icebreakers compared to Russia’s more than 40. Now Congress is set to decide again whether to fund a new icebreaker—or spend that money on other projects, like Trump’s border wall.
