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Arctic ambitions: Finland to build icebreakers for the United States

Finland is set to build new icebreakers for the US as Arctic competition intensifies. While the deal highlights Finnish expertise in icebreaking, US interest in Greenland and strained EU-US ties have raised concerns over the partnership.

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00:00Finland is a global leader in icebreaking, in operating and constructing and designing
00:20icebreakers, because we are the only country in the whole world where all the ports may freeze.
00:30We will be building two ASC, that means Arctic security cutters here, as soon as we get the negotiations finalized with the US Coast Guard.
00:47Presence in Arctic seems to be very important, and we are the fastest shipyard to build that kind of vessels.
01:05The climate is changing, and it's actually exceptionally warm in the Arctic area right now.
01:34It is not possible to sail across the Arctic sea without icebreakers.
01:41And many big nations have interests on the Arctic area right now, and that is why icebreakers are very interesting right now.
02:10You
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