The bill includes $125 million for an icebreaker homeported in Juneau — but it’s unclear if it will make the final cut.
A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker based in Juneau is back on the table amid a new attempt to secure federal funding.that would fund parts of the U.S. government through September. It includes a $125 million appropriation for an icebreaker slated to be homeported in downtown Juneau.
This isn’t the first attempt to bring an icebreaker to Alaska. In 2022, Sullivan supported a $150 million appropriation to buy a privately owned icebreaker, called theSullivan said this year’s bill doesn’t specify the Aiviq, but it’s the only suitable vessel he knows. He said he’s hopeful that this attempt won’t land on the chopping block, too. But the bill still needs to pass the Senate and be signed by the president.
Sullivan said the U.S. currently has two icebreakers, both based in Seattle. Russia has the world’s largest icebreaker fleet, with 55 of them.
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