Arctic Ocean

Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker on special Arctic mission

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star out at sea.

The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Tuesday. The ship made a logistics stop 30 days into a monthslong Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region.


Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star navigates Gulf of Alaska on Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

Besides clearing shipping lanes, the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker is patrolling the Bering and Chukchi seas to support national security objectives...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coast-guards-only-heavy-icebreaker-on-special-arctic-mission

New Navy, Marine Corps Strategic Blueprint for the Arctic

The following is the Department of the Navy document, A Strategic Blueprint for the Arctic that was released on Jan. 5, 2020.

From the report

The United States is a maritime nation. We are also an Arctic nation. Our security, prosperity, and vital interests in the Arctic are increasingly linked to those of other nations in and out of the region. America’s interests are best served by fostering compliance with existing rules to assure a peaceful and prosperous Arctic Region – stretching from Maine...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/05/new-navy-marine-corps-strategic-blueprint-for-the-arctic

Foggo: Navy Needs Unmanned ISR, Tankers to Counter Russia

Adm. James G. Foggo, III, commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, shakes hands with Capt. Daniel Prochazka, the executive officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on on Dec. 9, 2019. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Russia continues to increase its submarine activity in the Mediterranean, Arctic and Atlantic, the U.S. Navy has made organizational changes to be more responsive but...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/18/foggo-navy-needs-unmanned-isr-tankers-to-counter-russia

The Arctic Ocean, cradle of viral biodiversity

TARA à l’archipel de François Joseph

The Arctic Ocean, cradle of viral biodiversity

New results, mainly from data from the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013), provide the most comprehensive catalog to date of viruses found in all the world’s oceans, including the Arctic Ocean. Led by the University of Ohio in the United States, this study, which involves teams from the CEA, CNRS, EMBL, ENS-PSL, and the Fondation Tara Océan, associated within the new Tara Oceans Research Federation GO-SEE(1),...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/25/the-arctic-ocean-cradle-of-viral-biodiversity/

Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic

The following is the Oct. 25, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress.

The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region’s future. The United States, by virtue of Alaska, is an Arctic country and has substantial interests in the region.

Record low extents of Arctic sea ice over the past decade have focused scientific and policy...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/02/report-congress-changes-arctic-2

Should we ship in Arctic Ocean?

Sea ice is melting due to global warming, enabling greater maritime access to the Arctic Ocean. Emissions from transoceanic cargo ships taking advantage of this could either warm the climate further by darkening snow and ice surfaces or cool it by enhancing cloud reflectance. In a study published recently in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from UCI, the University of Connecticut and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory describe using a...

http://container-news.com/should-we-ship-arctic-ocean/

Maersk Container Ship Transits Arctic Ocean With Icebreaker Escort


Danish shipping giant Maersk is about to complete the first-ever transit of the Arctic Ocean by a container ship. The Venta Maersk traveled through ice-covered waters with the help of a nuclear icebreaker and is expected in Europe within a week.

The Venta Maersk, the first container ship to transit Russia’s Northern Sea Route, has concluded the most challenging part of its journey through the ice-covered East Siberian Sea. The vessel, operated by Danish shipping giant Maersk, encountered...

http://www.highnorthnews.com/maersk-container-ship-transits-arctic-ocean-with-icebreaker-escort/

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