A global race for icebreakers
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YJMD)
The EU has awarded Finland more than 90 million euros (around $105 million), in large part to cover the purchase of a new icebreaker ship. It's part of a global race to expand fleets with the capacity to safely move through the Arctic as climate change opens up new pathways through the ice. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Malte Humpert, a fellow at The Arctic Institute, about the significance of the funding and shifting geopolitical landscape in the high north.