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Transcript: COAST GUARD LEARNS WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATE IN ARCTIC
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
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- August 25, 2008
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Regulatory Intelligence Data
08-25-2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2008 - The Coast Guard is testing and compiling initial
lessons learned from its ongoing Arctic operations, a senior officer said
last week. "It became obvious to me 18 months to two years ago that with
the retreat of the multiyear polar sea ice, the Coast Guard was going to
have to do more than it had in the past to provide maritime safety and
security to northern and western Alaska, the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort
Sea," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Arthur E. Brooks, commander of the 17th Coast
Guard District, told bloggers and online journalists during a teleconference
on Aug. 21. If the mission expands to include northern ...