United States: Arctic port feasibility study expected in March

A view towards to the coast from Nome, Alaska. The community is one of the possible sites of a proposed American Arctic port. (US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler / AP)
A view towards to the coast from Nome, Alaska. The community is one of the possible sites of a proposed American Arctic port.
(US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler / AP)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to release a feasibility study on an Arctic port in early March, according to Corps spokeswoman Lorraine Cordova. Listen to the full report by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage.

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