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The 40-year-old Polar Star, the Coast Guard’s only operational heavy icebreaker capable of conducting Antarctic ice operations, carves a channel in ice near Ross Island on Jan. 16, 2017. (Chief Petty Officer David Mosley/Coast Guard)
A Warming Arctic Heats Up US-Russian Military Rivalry

"With Arctic warming continuing, the Arctic Ocean and its periphery is emerging as a theater of Russian/American rivalry."

Sailors aboard the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) remove Arctic ice from the hull after surfacing at the North Pole. (U.S. Navy)
Polar Geopolitics: The Scramble to Control the Arctic

The prospect of the Arctic Ocean emerging as a theater of military rivalry will create new challenges for the U.S. and NATO.

Staff Sgt. Stephen Heeg leads Marines up a mountain during cold weather training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Jason Jimenez)
The Marine Corps' Next Cold-Weather Garments Will Be Flame-Resistant

The Marine Corps wants flame-resistant gear for Marines serving in cold climates as more troops deploy to the Arctic.

A meteor streaks through the night sky. (Photo: NASA)
Greenland Air Base Unharmed by Apparent Meteor Explosion

Thule Air Base in Greenland is operating normally after reports that a possible meteorite exploded in the air above it.

Cpl. Thomas Powers explains the next movement to Cpl. Greggory Williams while conducting a routine patrol during the final exercise of cold-weather training aboard Porsangmoen, Norway, Feb. 16-20, 2016. (Photo By: Cpl. Immanuel Johnson)
Lawmakers Want to Know if US Troops Are Ready for Arctic Warfare

Lawmakers want Mattis to submit a report to Congress on whether the U.S. military service have the equipment and training...

Future Icebreakers May Have Cruise Missiles, Zukunft Says
Chief Hospital Corpsman Kristopher Mandaro, assigned to Underwater Construction Team One (UCT 1), surfaces from a waterhole during a torpedo exercise in the Arctic Circle in support of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018, March 16. (U.S. Navy photo/Daniel Hinton)
Navy, Coast Guard Divers Recover Torpedoes in Freezing Arctic
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Jan. 13, 2018, in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen/Coast Guard
Coast Guard to Publish RFP for First Heavy Icebreaker in 40 Years

Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said the service now has the backing of Congress and the White House.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Nikolai Evmenov, Commander of the Northern fleet, center, Vladimir Korolev, Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy, second right, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, while visiting Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic, Russia, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Op-Ed: Russia, China and the Geopolitics of the Northeast Passage

The disappearance of the ice pack has made Arctic passages potentially viable alternatives to existing routes.

Russia's Arctic Militarization 'Disturbing,' US Lawmakers Say
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