10 years to build a new icebreaker? Great Lakes shippers cry foul
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Build Great Lakes icebreaker in a decade? Industry demands it sooner
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Icebreaking Lake Carriers' Association
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The freeze is on: Icebreaking begins on the Great Lakes
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Complaints grow over $1 billion U.S. Antarctic icebreaker design
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Michigan Marvels: Ice breaking on the Great Lakes
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