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JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard will resume Arctic Domain Awareness flights about every two weeks beginning March 17 continuing through fall testing capabilities, identifying challenges, surveying sea ice and monitoring vessel traffic in U.S. Arctic waters. "We must understand the Homeland Security context in the Arctic," said Rear Adm. Gene Brooks, commander of Seventeenth Coast Guard District, "what risks certain vessels pose to the maritime community and infrastructure, the Arctic environment, and Native Alaskan culture and lifestyle." Last year's observed maritime activity in U.S. Polar regions include: (1) Two instances of minimal ice-strengthened industry vessels, with a total of six vessels involved, being beset or nearly beset in late-summer ice west of Barrow. (2) Each village had six to 10 small personal vessels, less than 30 feet in length, engaged in subsistence hunting. These vessels travel up to 90 miles out to sea with little or no personal protective equipment. (3) Ten to 20 re-supply vessels routinely transit Western Alaska and the U.S. Arctic to provide goods and services to regional villages and Western Canadian Arctic. (4) Small pieces of sea ice, roughly the size of a sedan, are often missed by current technology. While inconsequential for icebreakers, this sea ice represents a significant hazard for the remainder of the Coast Guard's surface resource portfolio. "Because C-130s are capable of doing more than marine surveillance," said Brooks, "We use these flights to carry scientists, interagency partners and media representatives." Editor's Note: Media interested in deploying aboard an Arctic Domain Awareness flight should contact the 17th Coast Guard District External Affairs Office at (907) 463-2065. Flights are based out of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. More information will be made available shortly regarding plans for Arctic deployments to Nome, Barrow and Prudhoe Bay in August. *For additional information on the Coast Guard's role in the Arctic please click here. Available below are photos, videos, news releases and journal entries written by crews of Coast Guard cutters that have patrolled the Arctic Ocean in support of Arctic Domain Awareness.
Click on Any of the Below Images to View in High Resolution
To View Video From Coast Guard Arctic Operations Click on the Links Below.
Click on the Links Below to View Coast Guard News Releases for Operations in the Arctic September 16, 2008 September 15, 2008 September 10, 2008 August 21, 2008 August 08, 2008 August 05, 2008 August 05, 2008 July 23, 2008 July 03, 2008 May 11, 2008 December 07, 2007 October 31, 2007 October 31, 2007 October 30, 2007 September 23, 2007 September 10, 2007 November 20, 2006 June 16, 2005
Below Are Links to Journal Entries Written by the Crews of Coast Guard Cutters Healy, Munro, Hamilton and the SPAR. The Crews of the Healy, Munro, Hamilton and SPAR Wrote Journal Entries While Patrolling the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea. Journal Entries by the Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro Journal Entries by the Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Journal Entries by the Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Journal Entries by the Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR
Click on the Link Below to View the Coast Guard Operation Salliq in Barrow, Alaska Coast Guard Continues Operation Salliq Above Arctic Circle
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