Trump orders fleet of icebreakers and new bases in push for polar resources
President orders plan for Arctic and Antarctic in 60 days Military experts sceptical of ‘icebreaker gap’ with Russia A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker makes its way through the frozen waters of the Gulf of Ob, the Kara Sea. Russia has 40 icebreakers; the US has two. Photograph: Alexander Ryumin/TASS Donald Trump has ordered the construction of […] More
