Polar icebreakers and the United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard's involvement in the polar regions and, eventually, with polar icebreakers, reaches back to 1867, when Alaska was purchased from the Soviet Union. That same year the US Revenue Cutter Service, as the US Coast Guard was then known, despatched the Lincoln north to ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Strobridge, Truman R., Noble, Dennis L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Polar Record
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000607
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400000607
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Summary:The United States Coast Guard's involvement in the polar regions and, eventually, with polar icebreakers, reaches back to 1867, when Alaska was purchased from the Soviet Union. That same year the US Revenue Cutter Service, as the US Coast Guard was then known, despatched the Lincoln north to make the first official exploration of the new territory. Out of this voyage was born the Service's close association with the polar regions which continues today (Evans, 1949).

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