U.S. Coast Guard to refit icebreaker for duty in Arctic
Yesterday in Seattle, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen announced a $62 million plan to refit the Polar Star, an…
American scientists study polar bears aboard US Coast Guard icebreaker
The Anchorage Daily News has an interesting story on polar bear research in the Arctic. This fall, scientists from the…
U.S. Senator wants to usher in a “Second Arctic Century”
Alaska Senator Mark Begich – the Democrat who defeated Ted Stevens in November 2008 – has devised a list of…