Obama pledges faster action on new icebreakers to keep up in Arctic
Posted on AllSides September 1st, 2015
From The Left
President Obama said late Monday he would accelerate by two years plans to acquire a new icebreaker and would ask Congress for funds to build additional ones for the Coast Guard in an effort to keep up with ship traffic that is increasing as the Arctic waters off Alaska grow warmer.
The president also said that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Coast Guard will map and chart waters of the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, for which existing maps and charts are nonexistent or outdated.
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