Tag: Bering Strait

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 00:00 UTC

  Obama wants to speed purchase of icebreakers for the Arctic and Russian challenge

  

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday is proposing a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.