CCGS Terry Fox is classified as a heavy icebreaker. She is homeported in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and operates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the winter ice season and in Canada's eastern Arctic during the summer shipping season, assisting in escorting the annual Arctic summer sealift to coastal communities. In 2014, Terry Fox and Louis S. St-Laurent travelled to the Canadian Arctic to map the undersea continental shelf. In August, they became the first Canadian government ships to reach the North Pole in 20 years. Terry Fox ran aground in April 2018 near Bide Arm but managed to return to port under her own power. While Terry Fox was scheduled for decommissioning in 2020, the repeated delays of the proposed polar icebreaker has postponed this. , the Canadian Coast Guard has no other newbuilding plans approved as a potential replacement for the 1983-built heavy icebreaker. See also History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) References Icebreakers of the Canadian Coast Guard Ships built in British Columbia 1983 ships Terry Fox