Trilateral "ICE Pact" Aims to Build "Best-In-Class" Fleet of Icebreakers

Wilson Center NOW

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Rebecca Pincus, Director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute. She highlights the recently announced Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/11/biden-harris-administration-announces-new-polar-partnership-ice-pact-alongside-finland-and-canada/. Click or tap if you trust this link." href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fbriefing-room%2Fstatements-releases%2F2024%2F07%2F11%2Fbiden-harris-administration-announces-new-polar-partnership-ice-pact-alongside-finland-and-canada%2F&data=05%7C02%7CShaarona.Harris%40wilsoncenter.org%7C91c0565b522143b1754208dca80569d2%7C84dfdf3abb4140edb7319f6cc84e7d91%7C0%7C0%7C638569988414263139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cDgplzj7jTIQF9qpXX%2FONXKWPcqYGAxR%2ByRHFFG%2FA%2Bw%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">ICE-PACT) by the US, Canada, and Finland. The collaboration is intended to “strengthen shipbuilding and maritime industrial capacity through closer cooperation on polar icebreakers and counter Russia and China in the Arctic and Antarctic.”