Bill with $1B for icebreaker advances to Senate

The Coast Guard cutter Healy, a medium-weight icebreaker, cuts through multiyear ice in 2011. File photo: Kathryn Hansen/NASAThe Arctic is one step closer to having a new U.S. icebreaker.  The full Senate Appropriations committee this morning passed a bill that includes $1 billion for a heavy duty polar ship. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the money would fully fund a goal she’s worked toward for years.
“We’ve made (progress in) little bits and pieces,”