In a warming Arctic, U.S. faces new security and safety concerns
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 09:20
in Earth & Climate
Formerly ice-clogged Arctic waters are now navigable, opening a rush for oil and mineral resources — and raising heretofore unknown security concerns in the U.S. Far North. BARROW, Alaska — In past years, these remote gray waters of the Alaskan Arctic saw little more than the occasional cargo barge and Eskimo whaling boat. No more.