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Trump memo demands new fleet of Arctic icebreakers be ready by 2029
President Trump wants an Arctic fleet by the end of the decade, and it's going to be a governmentwide effort.
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Arctic sea ice reaches 2019 minimum extent
Reports of increasing temperatures around the world are proliferating. But amid the heat, great military powers are eyeing the Arctic Circle. (NASA; Music: Hiraeth by Anthony Edwin Phillips [PRS], James Edward Collins)
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Arctic sea ice reaches 2019 minimum extent
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Tracking satellites from the Arctic
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Alaska guardsmen drill with US Navy
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What's the goal of Arctic Edge 2020?
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US Navy team builds submarine tracking grid
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NORAD intercepts Russian aircraft near Alaska
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109th Airlift Wing joins Arctic Eagle 2020
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