The Emerging Arctic

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The Emerging Arctic Security on the Last Frontier
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MORE WATER MORE COAST GUARD RESPONSIBILITIES
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MORE WATER MORE COAST GUARD RESPONSIBILITIES
This image shows the Arctic as observed by the
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
(AMSR-E) aboard NASAs Aqua satellite on
September 16, 2007.
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INCREASED ARCTIC ACTIVITY
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SHIPPING CHALLENGES
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National SecurityBering Strait Summer Transits
2008

• Bering Strait transits on the U.S. side73
  vessels with 104 transits through (mostly
  research vessels)
• Kivalina/Red Dog Mine 30 round trips (bulk
  carriers tugs)
• Russian transits 30 vessels with over 80
  transits
• (mostly cargo carriers)
• Total Bering Strait transits 130 vessels making
  over 245 transits.

Bering Strait
90 NM
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Environmental Security
M/V Sea bulk Pride
M/V Selendang Ayu
Photo by Chilean Navy
M/S Explorer
Endangered Species
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Coastal Erosion
Loss of protection from Fall storms
Shishmaref
Kivalina
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TESTING CAPABILITIES
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Salliq Lessons Learned

• Infrastructure Insufficient
• Lack of effective communication
• Small boats/short range helos
• ineffective
• Require icebreakers or ice hardened vessels with
  embarked helos
• Input from indigenous people imperative

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LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES
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OUTREACH TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
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FEDERAL OUTREACH
U.S. Coast Guard Photo
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HEALY IN 1ST YEAR ICE
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ICEBREAKER STATUS
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Pending Operations

• CGC Polar Sea in Bering/Chukchi Sea
• Oct-Dec, Feb-April
• Continued ADA flights
• Waterways Analysis

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What Keeps Me up at Night
Exxon Valdez
Photo By Office of Response and Restoration,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration