By: Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's call for Congress to speed up funding for increasing the nation's fleet of polar icebreakers could be bad news for efforts to get a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
Even though a Lakes icebreaker would likely cost far less — about $200 million — compared with the $1 billion or more which could be spent on an icebreaker to be used in Arctic waters, the funding needed to shore up the nation's polar fleet could hurt chances for finding additional money for icebreakers elsewhere.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/09/01/call-arctic-icebreakers-could-hurt-great-lakes/71507384/