Engage in the Arctic Now or Risk Being Left Out in the Cold: Establishing a JIATF-High North

• Main Author: Stolyarova, Peggy
• Other Authors: NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Geography; Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *TASK FORCES; *ARCTIC REGIONS; BUDGETS; NAVAL OPERATIONS; NATIONAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; JIATF(JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE); Arctic; Harper; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA525300; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA525300

Predictions vary regarding the time-line of when relatively ice free summers in the Arctic will occur, however the most aggressive of these models have shown an estimate as early as 2013. According to Professor Maslowski at the Naval Post Graduate School, who proposed this timeline, this estimate mi...