ICE Pact

The recently announced Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact) by the US, Canada, and Finland, is a collaboration intended to strengthen shipbuilding and maritime industrial capacity through closer cooperation on polar icebreakers.

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By Mark Kennedy on July 16, 2024

Breaking the ICE: White House Announces New Polar Pact with Canada and Finland

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Rebecca Pincus

Director, Polar Institute

Chris Sands

Christopher Sands

Director, Canada Institute

Mark Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition

Jason C. Moyer

Jason C. Moyer

Program Associate, Global Europe Program

Andrea Charron

Global Fellow;
Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS); Professor, Political Studies, University of Manitoba

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