The Week Ahead: Tip of an iceberg
The U.S. Coast Guard’s lack of ice-breaking capacity is obvious. What is easier to miss are the other ways it is involved in the region
July 30, 2018
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Mention the United States Coast Guard in an Arctic context, and it is the service’s gradually shrinking ice-breaking capacity that attracts most attention. That is why, as the service celebrates the 228th anniversary of its founding on Aug. 4, most of the discussion of its role in the region will center on the possibility that, by 2029, America may be without an operational polar icebreaker.
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