A Russian tanker carrying natural gas has become the first merchant ship to sail across the Arctic without the help of an icebreaker, finishing the journey in record time.

The Coast Guard says it's taking longer than expected for an icebreaker and Russian tanker to crunch through Bering Sea ice to deliver fuel to Nome.

The NRC ice tank previously helped test designs for the U.S. Coast Guard's existing heavy and medium icebreakers, as well as icebreaker designs for the Canadian Coast Guard. The actual performance of ...

The icebreaker helped get the tanker to Nome where it delivered an estimated 1.3 million gallons of fuel needed by the city until a barge delivery can be made in late spring.

A combined ice breaker and LNG tanker has crossed the northern sea route A commercial LNG tanker has sailed across the colder, northern route from Europe to Asia without the protection of an ice ...

Sovcomflot's liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Christophe de Margerie has become the first merchant ship to cross the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker clearing its path.

A Russian tanker carrying natural gas has become the first merchant ship to sail across the Arctic without the help of an icebreaker, finishing the journey in record time.

A Russian tanker carrying natural gas has become the first merchant ship to sail across the Arctic without the help of an icebreaker, finishing the journey in record time.

A Russian tanker carrying natural gas has become the first merchant ship to sail across the Arctic without the help of an icebreaker, finishing the journey in record time.