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America is dangerously outnumbered in the Arctic

The U.S. must reassert its dominance with icebreakers and aircraft in this resource rich domain.

Jul 08, 2024
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The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the Coast Guard’s only operational heavy icebreaker capable of conducting Antarctic ice operations, carves a channel in Antarctic ice near the coast of Ross Island, Jan. 16, 2017. The cutter is an integral part of the yearly operation to resupply the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station. (U.S. Coast Guard phot…

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