Coast Guard confirms new icebreaker will be homeported in Juneau

The Aiviq anchored in Unalaska in August 2016. (Sarah Hansen/KUCB)
The U.S. Coast Guard made an official announcement today that it plans to homeport an icebreaker in Juneau. 
Plans to dock an icebreaker in the capital city have been discussed for a few years, but previous funding attempts were removed from federal legislation. 
The vessel — the Aiviq — is privately-owned, and was built for oil exploration in the Arctic. The agency says the icebreaker will increase U.S. pre