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MOU Among the Government of Canada, the Government of the Republic of Finland, and the Government of the United States of America Regarding a Trilateral Framework for the Production of Arctic and Polar Icebreakers and other Capabilities

This MOU outlines the Participants' mutually developed framework to enhance their collective capacity to design, produce, and maintain arctic and polar icebreakers, as well as other capabilities, by collectively increasing information exchange, industrial collaboration, and operational know-how.

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Secretary Mayorkas Delivers Remarks at ICE Pact Signing Ceremony

Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered remarks at a ceremony to sign the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact in Washington, DC.

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United States, Canada, and Finland Sign MOU to Build Arctic and Polar Icebreakers

Officials representing the Governments of the United States, Canada, and Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to begin working together to develop world-class Arctic and polar icebreakers through the exchange of knowledge, information, and resources in each of our countries.

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Joint Statement on Signing of “ICE Pact” MOU between the United States, Canada, and Finland

As leaders of Arctic nations, Canada, Finland, and the United States recognize the enduring importance of the region to our shared economic, climate, and national security.

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ICE Pact

The DHS Supply Chain Resilience Center (SCRC) serves as the United States’ National Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact Coordinator.

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S&T TITANIC Fact Sheet

S&T has partnered with USCG to augment the USCG's ability to protect infrastructure and improve maritime safety and navigation in the Arctic region. TITANIC -- a project that seizes on the advancement and cost-effectiveness of satellite technology, as well as the evolution of machine learning -- seeks to combine the versatility of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery with the efficiency of computers. At the project's completion, TITANIC will enable the IIP to provide the maritime community and the general public with more reliable and timely maritime safety information on iceberg and sea ice conditions. TITANIC will also help reduce or eliminate the need for costly aerial ice surveillance missions, lowering monitoring costs, and freeing resources to be reallocated elsewhere.

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Written testimony of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen addresses DHS' crucial missions and  the President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget request for the Department.

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Snapshot: S&T helps create the next USCG Cutter Polar Ice Breaker

S&T’s Office of Standards understood the need to gather in-depth data to determine how to construct the next-generation icebreaker. To do that, they needed to see, first hand, how changes to the current construct reacted to ice.

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S&T International effort helps bolster Polar Icebreaker fleet Fact Sheet

The United States Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaking fleet includes two 399-foot heavy icebreakers.

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Written testimony of USCG for a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing titled “Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Vice Commandant Admiral Charles Michel addresses Coast Guard’s expanding mission demands in the Arctic.