The Coast Guard recently announced that Juneau, Alaska, will be the homeport for the Alviq, a U.S.-registered Arctic oil exploration support ship that has the capability of a medium polar icebreaker.
An Arctic 'crisis': U.S. icebreaker fleet falling further behind Russia, China
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