The United States joined Canada and Finland in signing an agreement to formalize a joint effort to build state-of-the-art arctic and polar icebreaker vessels.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Canadian Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto for an official signing of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact in Washington on Nov. 13.
The agreement allows the countries to share expertise, information, and resources to expand shipbuilding to meet future demand and counter the growing presence of Russia and China in the Arctic region.
The Biden administration first signed the pact in 2024, formalizing cooperation among the countries on icebreakers….