U.S. Senate bill includes $1B for icebreaker

A U.S. Senate subcommittee has passed a bill that includes $1 billion to build a new polar icebreaker. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday thanked the other members of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee for including the ship in its spending bill for next year.
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The Coast Guard vessel Healy is considered a medium icebreaker. Photo: USCG.“With the insertion that you have made, Mr. Chairman, and to the members of the committee, of a billion-dollar commitment to an icebreak