U.S. Lawmakers Try To Break Inaction In Arctic

Aviation Week (online registration required): With icy waters melting into new transit routes in summer, the Arctic is becoming a place to find oil and gas, a travel destination and a strategic asset. Some nations, chiefly Russia, are mobilizing their militaries in the region. And while top U.S. officials recognize the need to do more there, politics, bureaucracy and the logistics of operating in a cold, remote region have slowed efforts. The Arctic has always been strategically important to the U.S. From Alaska’s near-polar ...

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