The Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Polar Star breaks through Antarctic sea ice near the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station on Jan. 15, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley/Public Domain
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) awarded two contracts to construct up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers to increase regional mobility and assert dominance, the agency said in a Dec. 29 statement.
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