Cotter pushes forward. Loud banging, water splashing, and chunks of ice breaking apart — this is the reality for the crew aboard the world’s oldest working fireboat. Captain Michael Kick ...

In Abashiri and Monbetsu, both on the northeastern coast of Hokkaido, ice-breaking pleasure boats started operations after ice drifting offshore became visible to the naked eye from the cities ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel now under construction here will be capable of smashing through sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick to reach the northern polar region to study sea ...