The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...

The crew on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is making sure essential shipments continue on the Great Lakes.

Islands trapped by ice as supply boats can't deliver food, medicine to Tangier and Smith Island residents in Chesapeake Bay.

An icebreaker is working to get through large chunks of ice surrounding Tangier, which has prevented supply boats from ...

US Coast Guard vessels are responsible for a lot more than chasing miscreants and intercepting contraband on the high seas.

Bonded ice just requires better tools and a little patience. Hit it with heat, chemistry, or hard steel, and you’ll break it ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including immigration and ...

A ship delivery of 21,000 tons of salt to the City of Philadelphia got stuck in the Delaware River due to ice, a city ...

Congress passed a compromise deal to fund five of the six remaining appropriations bills for the rest of the fiscal year, and ...

Marlo Poras and Jocelyn Glatzer’s short film explores the legacy of the Gay Games as an all-inclusive answer to the ...

On Friday, a Canadian ice breaker helped to lead a group of tankers through the ice on the Detroit River. The U.S. Coast ...

As global warming continues and sea lanes open in the Arctic, the world’s major powers are pouring money into the construction of icebreaker ships.