Coast Guard Cooperation in the Arctic: USCGC Healy's Continental Shelf Mission

• Main Authors: Krause, Michael, Berkson, Jonathan
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC MOBILITY AND ICE OPERATIONS DIV
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Marine Engineering; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *COAST GUARD; *CONTINENTAL SHELVES; *ICEBREAKERS; *MERCHANT VESSELS; CARGO; CARGO SHIPS; COMMERCE; COOPERATION; CUTTERS; DEFENSE SYSTEMS; FUELS; GREENLAND; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MISSIONS; NATIONS; POLAR REGIONS; REPRINTS; RESCUES; RESOURCES; HEALY(MERCHANT VESSEL); Arctic; Greenland; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Icebreaker; permafrost; Thule Air; Thule
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA552733; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA552733

In recent years, our nation's Arctic economic, environmental, and security interests have escalated as reduced ice extent provides increased accessibility to the Arctic. Various other Arctic nations seized opportunities to submit territorial claims and retain potential fuel and marine resources...