Arctic

U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Transits Chukchi Sea
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US Sends Icebreaker to Arctic Amid China Rivalry

A Newsweek map shows that both the United States and China have deployed icebreakers to Arctic waters north of Alaska recently, as the two powers jostle for dominance in the region. USCGC Healy—America’s largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker—is conducting a mission to reinforce U.S. presence in the Arctic, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Regarding […]

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Icebergs in Greenland
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Arctic Sea Ice Melt Exposes US to New Threat

Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country’s flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole. Since that statement of intent by Moscow in 2007, some things in the far north haven’t changed—Russian President Vladimir Putin is still in […]

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