Rear Admiral Jeffrey Garrett
A new ‘cold war’ is emerging between the US and Russia — over icebreakers
President Barack Obama is traveling in Alaska, the base for any effort by the US to have a larger presence in the Arctic. One to-do on his bucket list is to make sure the US has more than just two working icebreakers in the region. Russia currently owns 40 functioning icebreakers with 11 more in the works.