gCaptain brings us news of a prototype ship to shore connector that the Marines are looking at, but to me the star was the over land, over water, icebreaking, craft the Canadian Coast Guard has developed.
Apparently the Coast Guard looked at this and another vehicle two years ago.
No idea what has become of this.
Arktos was not developed by the Canadian Coast Guard. It was initially intended as an evacuation craft for ice-infested offshore oilfields (Alaska, Caspia):
http://www.arktoscraft.com
Chuck this is off the subject, but I a lot of people who follow this blog may like to know. The USCGC Hamilton WMLS 753 has begun her builders trail!