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Retired U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp, the U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, is interviewed at the Alaska Dispatch News office on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

No ‘national imperative’ for icebreakers: U.S. official

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 13:32 — Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 19:09
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Efforts to procure another polar icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard have foundered because there isn’t a national imperative to

Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)

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Alaska villages want in on Arctic planning

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:51
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The long-standing president of Alaska’s Association of Village Council Presidents asked officials on Monday to take steps to include coastal villages he represents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in

The Yong Sheng arriving in Rotterdam on September 10, 2013. The Yong Sheng is the first commercial Chinese ship to transit through the Northern Sea Route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by way of the Bering Strait and Russia's northern coast.(Robin Utrecht /AFP/Getty Images)

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Obama, China & the North Pole: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

A male polar bear in the Beaufort Sea in 2005. (Steven C. Amstrup/USGS/AP)

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Grim outlook for Arctic wildlife in oil spill

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 at 15:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 18:53
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In the event of a large oil spill in Alaska’s Arctic, officials say they would have limited ability to clean oiled

A view towards to the coast from Nome, Alaska in January 2012. (US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler / AP)

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Distinct visions for Alaska port project

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 18:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:38
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When Nome Mayor Denise Michels envisions the future of her city’s port, she sees some of the world’s largest cargo and cruise ships

Norway's spy ship the Marjata will be equipped with sensors and other technology to snoop on Russia's activities in the Arctic beginning in 2016. (Norwegian Military/AP)

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Ships, spys and international ‘uncooperation’ – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 20:15
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

The Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project, undergoes repairs on Swan Island, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Portland, Ore. (Sam Caravana/The Oregonian/AP)

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U.S. Coast Guard investigation into damaged Shell icebreaker moves forward

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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A Shell-contracted icebreaker damaged earlier this month in Unalaska Bay had up-to-date navigational charts on board, but the ship’s draft went deeper

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates the crew of the Northern Fleet ship to mark the country's Navy Day in Severomorsk, Russia on Sunday, July 27, 2014. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Presidential Press Service/AP)

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New Russian spy ship to keep tabs on Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 18:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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The “Yuri Ivanov” will patrol in the Arctic and keep a close eye on neighbor and NATO member Norway. It

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.(Pavel Golovkin/AP)

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Russia’s new maritime doctrine to strengthen Arctic presence

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 13:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has approved a new maritime doctrine that focuses on naval presence in the Arctic and the

Limits have been but on Shell's Arctic drilling season this year, including measures to protect walrus in the region. (Karen Bleier/ AFP)

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Limits put on Shell’s Arctic drilling

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 13:14 — Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 21:07
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior gave Shell approval Wednesday for exploratory drilling at two sites in the

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington D.C. in 2013. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 18:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 20:09
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval

Admiral Robert Papp Jr. of the Coast Guard (ret.), special representative for the U.S. Arctic at the State Department, speaks at an Arctic symposium in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2015. (Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Arctic Alaska meeting planned for Kerry, Lavrov and other officials

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 18:16
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WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department officials are planning a “ministerial event” on Arctic policy later this summer in Alaska that could

Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft has outlined the challenges facing the United States Coast Guard in the Chuckchi Sea this summer. (iStock)

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U.S. Coast Guard gears up for Shell’s Chukchi season

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 18:09
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As Shell gears up to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer, the Coast Guard is getting ready, too. At

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Shell vessel damaged in Alaska waters uncharted since 1935

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 18:10
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Federal hydrographic surveyors announced Monday that a preliminary review of the area where a Shell icebreaker was reportedly gouged found multiple, relatively shallow areas

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Alaska: Shoal found where Shell ship was gouged

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 20:22
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The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that hydrographic surveyors discovered a previously uncharted shoal in the area where a key