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'We Have 1, Russia Has 48. That's Ridiculous': Trump On 11 New Icebreakers
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the United States trails far behind Russia when it comes to icebreakers. Speaking at the White House, Trump remarked that the disparity between the two nations' fleets is "ridiculous".
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US And Russia Discuss Energy Deals Amid Ukraine Peace Talks
US and Russian government officials discussed several energy deals on the sidelines of negotiations this month that sought to achieve peace in Ukraine, according to five sources familiar with the talks.
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What JD Vance Told Zelensky During "Icebreaker" Chat Ahead Of Trump Meet
Ahead of Zelensky's recent meeting with Trump, JD Vance had a warning, "Mr President, so long as you behave, I won't say anything."
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US Mulled Use Of Russia Icebreakers For Gas Development Ahead Of Summit, Say Sources
The US has had internal discussions on using Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker vessels to support the development of gas and LNG projects in Alaska as one of the possible deals to aim for when Trump meets Putin on Friday.
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
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Icebreaker Cruises, Safaris And Concerts: Indians Now Want Travel With A Story
The latest travel trends report by Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel gives a closer look at where Indians want to go and why.
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Scientists Reportedly Discover New Species of Marine Life on the Antarctic Ocean Floor
Strange underwater life ranging from hand-sized sea spiders to jelly-like sea pigs to a breeding sea butterfly has been found by Australian scientists investigating the Antarctic ocean floor. Taken aboard the RSV Nuyina icebreaker, these unusual species found at enormous depths provide understanding of life in one of the toughest places on Earth. S...
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Fire At Russia's Only Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker, No Deaths Reported
A fire that broke out on Russia's only nuclear-powered icebreaker and cargo ship was promptly extinguished, the Murmansk branch of the emergency ministry said late on Sunday.
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China's Biggest Antarctic Fleet Sets Off To Build Fifth Research Station
Two Chinese icebreaker research vessels and a cargo ship set sail on Wednesday for the Antarctic with more than 460 personnel on board to help complete construction of China's fifth station on the world's southernmost continent.
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Watch: Close-Up View Of Snow Melting Under Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier"
According to geologists, if the glacier melts, the world's sea level might rise by 25 inches in the coming years.
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This Ship Sank In 1915. Now Search Begins For Shipwreck After 100 Years
A South African icebreaker departed Saturday morning in search of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 1915 after being slowly crushed by pack ice.
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Taliban, Afghan Civil Society's "Icebreaker" Meeting In Oslo Amid Protest
Talks in Oslo Sunday between the Taliban and Afghan civil society members served as an "icebreaker", on the eve of their meeting with Western diplomats to discuss human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, an Afghan participant said.
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Russia Races To Build Giant Ice-Breakers For Arctic Dominance
At Saint Petersburg's historic Baltic Shipyard, cranes hover over the shining Neva River as hundreds of workers build four nuclear-powered ice-breakers.
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War: Hrithik Roshan And Tiger Shroff Fight Atop 300-Foot Icebreaker Ship
"War has been hugely mounted to give audiences a film that is the biggest in terms of an action spectacle," said Siddharth Anand
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In A Changing Arctic, A Lone Coast Guard Icebreaker Maneuvers Through Ice And Geopolitics
Coast Guard Ensign Ryan Carpenter peered north through a front window of this 420-foot long ship, directing its bright-red hull through jagged chunks of ice hundreds of miles north of Alaska.
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'We Have 1, Russia Has 48. That's Ridiculous': Trump On 11 New Icebreakers
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the United States trails far behind Russia when it comes to icebreakers. Speaking at the White House, Trump remarked that the disparity between the two nations' fleets is "ridiculous".
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US And Russia Discuss Energy Deals Amid Ukraine Peace Talks
US and Russian government officials discussed several energy deals on the sidelines of negotiations this month that sought to achieve peace in Ukraine, according to five sources familiar with the talks.
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What JD Vance Told Zelensky During "Icebreaker" Chat Ahead Of Trump Meet
Ahead of Zelensky's recent meeting with Trump, JD Vance had a warning, "Mr President, so long as you behave, I won't say anything."
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US Mulled Use Of Russia Icebreakers For Gas Development Ahead Of Summit, Say Sources
The US has had internal discussions on using Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker vessels to support the development of gas and LNG projects in Alaska as one of the possible deals to aim for when Trump meets Putin on Friday.
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
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Icebreaker Cruises, Safaris And Concerts: Indians Now Want Travel With A Story
The latest travel trends report by Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel gives a closer look at where Indians want to go and why.
-
Scientists Reportedly Discover New Species of Marine Life on the Antarctic Ocean Floor
Strange underwater life ranging from hand-sized sea spiders to jelly-like sea pigs to a breeding sea butterfly has been found by Australian scientists investigating the Antarctic ocean floor. Taken aboard the RSV Nuyina icebreaker, these unusual species found at enormous depths provide understanding of life in one of the toughest places on Earth. S...
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Fire At Russia's Only Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker, No Deaths Reported
A fire that broke out on Russia's only nuclear-powered icebreaker and cargo ship was promptly extinguished, the Murmansk branch of the emergency ministry said late on Sunday.
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China's Biggest Antarctic Fleet Sets Off To Build Fifth Research Station
Two Chinese icebreaker research vessels and a cargo ship set sail on Wednesday for the Antarctic with more than 460 personnel on board to help complete construction of China's fifth station on the world's southernmost continent.
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Watch: Close-Up View Of Snow Melting Under Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier"
According to geologists, if the glacier melts, the world's sea level might rise by 25 inches in the coming years.
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This Ship Sank In 1915. Now Search Begins For Shipwreck After 100 Years
A South African icebreaker departed Saturday morning in search of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 1915 after being slowly crushed by pack ice.
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Taliban, Afghan Civil Society's "Icebreaker" Meeting In Oslo Amid Protest
Talks in Oslo Sunday between the Taliban and Afghan civil society members served as an "icebreaker", on the eve of their meeting with Western diplomats to discuss human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, an Afghan participant said.
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Russia Races To Build Giant Ice-Breakers For Arctic Dominance
At Saint Petersburg's historic Baltic Shipyard, cranes hover over the shining Neva River as hundreds of workers build four nuclear-powered ice-breakers.
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War: Hrithik Roshan And Tiger Shroff Fight Atop 300-Foot Icebreaker Ship
"War has been hugely mounted to give audiences a film that is the biggest in terms of an action spectacle," said Siddharth Anand
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In A Changing Arctic, A Lone Coast Guard Icebreaker Maneuvers Through Ice And Geopolitics
Coast Guard Ensign Ryan Carpenter peered north through a front window of this 420-foot long ship, directing its bright-red hull through jagged chunks of ice hundreds of miles north of Alaska.
