# icebreaker (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover icebreaker.

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## [Moscow Claims Rising Interest in the Northern Sea Route; Wolf Attack in Kluane Park; NWT First Nations Approve Arctic Security Corridor Route; a Bad Year for Arctic Explorers.](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/moscow-claims-major-interest-in-northern)

_2026-08-18 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

Arctic News Update: August 18, 2026

## [The Copper Residual: Our Planet Cannot Produce the Copper Required for Net Zero.](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/the-copper-residual-our-planet-cannot)

_2026-08-16 · Top of the World News_

"The idea that we could change our climate trajectory by changing our energy systems never had a bill of materials to achieve it."

## [Putin Threatens European Shipping in Response to Tanker Seizures](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/putin-threatens-european-shipping)

_2026-08-14 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

August 14, 2026

## [Russian Oil Tanker Damaged by Ice While Under IceBreaker Escort: gCaptain](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/russian-oil-tanker-under-icebreaker)

_2026-08-13 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

Icebreaker assistance does not eliminate the risk of ice damage to tanker hulls, experts warn. Incident revealed just after Moscow sent a 15-strong fleet of tankers way North.

## [More Arctic Fiction from the Financial Times](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/corrected-more-arctic-fiction-from)

_2026-08-12 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

FT perpetuates the myth that "climate change" is making the Arctic more rather than less accessible. In fact, the reverse is true.

## [New US Arctic Ambassador; China Dumps Ice Monitoring Buoys; Inuit Fund Finnish Icebreaker Service; Russia Floats Advanced Nuclear Submarine; Arctic Winter Games Live On: Fairbanks 2028.](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/new-us-arctic-ambassador-china-dumps)

_2026-08-10 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

August 10, 2026

## [From the Archive: Yes, The U.S. Coast Guard Can Build Icebreakers in Foreign Shipyards (Updated)](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/from-the-archive-yes-the-us-coast)

_2026-08-07 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

My original article from May 2024 describing the legal issues surrounding the construction of U.S. Coast Guard and/or U.S. Navy ships overseas, plus an update covering the Arctic Security Cutter Deal.

## [From the Archive: What a Second Trump Administration Might Mean for Icebreakers](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/from-the-archive-what-a-second-trump)

_2026-08-03 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

If his first term serves as a guide, the U.S. Coast Guard just might end up with some allied built icebreakers before the end of his second.

## [\[34\] China's Arctic Fleet Goes Dark; Nome Plane Crash Probe; PetroChina Eyes Canada LNG Sale; NYT Attacks New US Icebreakers; Canada To Lead ICC; Minto Copper Triples Resource; Helen Konek, 95, Dies](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/chinas-arctic-fleet-goes-dark-awful)

_2026-08-03 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

Arctic News Update: August 3, 2026

## [Trump's Arctic Mining Deal Signals New Era of State Capitalism (Bloomberg)](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/bloomberg-trumps-arctic-mining-deal)

_2026-08-02 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

The federal government granted a permit to build a road through the Alaskan wilderness. In exchange, it gets part of a mining company.

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_2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Toti on Fixing Shipbuilding](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/acting-undersecretary-of-the-navy)

_2026-08-01 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

In a recent Center for Maritime Security podcast, Mr. Bill Toti explains how the Departments of War and the Navy are working to improve shipbuilding outcomes.

## [USCG Icebreaker Healy Experienced "Significant Engineering Casualty" on July 13, Towed into Seattle](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/uscg-icebreaker-healy-experienced)

_2026-07-24 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

Healy also suffered significant engineering casualties in 2020 and 2024 that cancelled or truncated her annual Arctic patrol. It is not clear whether this year's patrol will be affected.

## [July 2026 U.S. Coast Guard Update Part Two: Procurement and Ports](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/july-2026-us-coast-guard-update-part)

_2026-07-22 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

An update on the PSC, ASC, and HSC-L programs plus a look at recent announcements concerning port infrastructure.

## [NATO's New Frontline: How wolves, icebreakers and war fractured the Finland-Russia detente](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/natos-new-frontline-how-wolves-icebreakers)

_2026-07-21 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

Each spring, Finnish herders living along the Russian border release their reindeer to roam freely through the summer months, fattening up first for calving and then for the winter.

## [\[33\]China Busts Through Alaska Waters En Route to Arctic; Russia Re-Deploys Arctic Air Defense to Moscow; NATO Is Re-Industrializing; Europe Is Losing the Space Race; Canadian Diamond Sector Unravels.](https://topoftheworldnews.substack.com/p/china-busts-through-alaska-waters)

_2026-07-20 · Top of the World News · Top of the World News_

Arctic Intelligence Brief

## [July 2026 U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaking Round-up Part One: Operations](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/july-2026-us-coast-guard-icebreaking)

_2026-07-07 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

Polar Star continues to solely support Operation Deep Freeze; U.S. Coast Guard continues to test Storis; National Security Cutters from California and Hawaii continue deployments to the Bering Sea.

## [Breaking Ground in Galveston](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/breaking-ground-in-galveston)

_2026-06-20 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

Davie Defense takes an important step for the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. maritime industrial base

## [Building a Heavy Icebreaker in Finland (and Canada): June 2026 Update](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/building-a-heavy-icebreaker-in-finland)

_2026-06-08 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

Hull assembly begins just fifteen months after contract award.

## [Remembering at the Netherlands American Cemetery](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/remembering-at-the-netherlands-american)

_2026-05-25 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

This Memorial Day, I remember my Great Uncle Peter Matyola and those like him who gave their last full measure.

## [U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaking Season Ends](https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/us-coast-guard-icebreaking-season)

_2026-05-23 · Peter Rybski · Sixty Degrees North_

Icebreaking operations from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay wrapped up on May 7th following a severe winter season.

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_2026-05-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [2025 Retrospective](https://weheart.games/2025-retrospective/)

_2026-01-11 · Mike Berg · We Heart Games_

This was a difficult post to write. Feel free to skip to the Looking to 2026 section if you are not interested in a more personal bit of writing. Content warning: Death in the family. Looking to 2026 I still feel like I am getting my feet under me, and that’s ok. But I am \[…\] The post 2025 Retrospective appeared first on We Heart Games .

## [Crownfell Design Diary: No such thing as a bad idea](https://weheart.games/crownfell-design-diary/)

_2025-11-28 · Mike Berg · We Heart Games_

It was never meant to be anything more than a joke. In the fall of 2024, Button Shy announced the latest of their regular design challenges: 18 cards, but you only use 9 each game. If you are a designer and you’ve never participated, I highly recommend it. The 18-card design space is simultaneously restricting \[…\] The post Crownfell Design Diary: No such thing as a bad idea appeared first on We…