Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report is written in response to the Coast Guard's budget request for a new polar ice breaker, of which the Coast Guard currently has none in operation. Polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. Issues for Congress include what to do with d...

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Main Author: O'Rourke, Ronald
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. 2012
Subjects:
Defense policy
Coast Guard > U.S
Transportation
Ships
Environmental protection
Polar regions
Arctic regions
Science policy
Research
Arctic
Breaker
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spelling ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc94137 2023-05-15T14:58:24+02:00 Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress O'Rourke, Ronald United States 2012-06-14 62 pages. Text http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94137/ English eng Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. crs: RL34391 local-cont-no: RL34391_2012Jun14 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94137/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc94137 Defense policy Coast Guard -- U.S Transportation Ships Environmental protection Polar regions Arctic regions Science policy Research Report 2012 ftunivnotexas 2015-08-15T22:11:18Z This report is written in response to the Coast Guard's budget request for a new polar ice breaker, of which the Coast Guard currently has none in operation. Polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. Issues for Congress include what to do with decommissioned ice breakers, the impact of having no ice breakers, how to budget for new ice breakers, and how future ice breakers should be obtained. Report Arctic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Arctic Breaker ENVELOPE(-67.257,-67.257,-67.874,-67.874)
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Coast Guard -- U.S
Transportation
Ships
Environmental protection
Polar regions
Arctic regions
Science policy
Research
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Coast Guard -- U.S
Transportation
Ships
Environmental protection
Polar regions
Arctic regions
Science policy
Research
O'Rourke, Ronald
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
topic_facet Defense policy
Coast Guard -- U.S
Transportation
Ships
Environmental protection
Polar regions
Arctic regions
Science policy
Research
description This report is written in response to the Coast Guard's budget request for a new polar ice breaker, of which the Coast Guard currently has none in operation. Polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. Issues for Congress include what to do with decommissioned ice breakers, the impact of having no ice breakers, how to budget for new ice breakers, and how future ice breakers should be obtained.
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