To compensate for the lack of icebreakers, the Coast Guard plans to increase the number of helicopters and fixed-wing ...

Congress approved $125 million to purchase the only commercially available icebreaker, the 12-year-old Aiviq, which was painted in U.S. Coast Guard colors and intended to be homeported in Juneau ...

14 that an icebreaking tug, the Aiviq, would be painted in Coast Guard colors and transferred from Pascagoula, Miss., to Juneau, Alaska. The Aiviq is scheduled to start icebreaking patrols in 2026.