ADAC News
August 19, 2021
The Dynamics of a Changing Arctic
The Arctic has become a hub for complex great power dynamics, new economic opportunities and challenges, and climate change which challenges the physical geography and living conditions of Arctic communities. ...
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ADAC News
February 26, 2021
Investment in Arctic Initiatives Serves U.S. National Interests
Arctic investment is critical for protecting the region and U.S. national interests, explains Randy “Church” Kee, executive director of the Arctic Domain Awareness Center. Russia, the growing presence of China, and the need to advance economic development while preserving a region that is environmentally fragile are issues decision-makers need to consider, he says. ...
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ADAC News
December 08, 2020
U.S. Coast Guard Capabilities
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, chairman of the Subcommittee on Security, convene a hearing to examine how the United States Coast Guard (USCG) 2019 Arctic Strategic Outlook is being resourced through acquisition plans, training exercises, and infrastructure investments, and the importance of USCG presence in the Arctic as commercial sea traffic increases. ...
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Event
October 05, 2020
United States Air Force Arctic Strategy: Perspectives and Insights
The Polar Institute and the Arctic Domain Awareness Center are pleased to announce the creation of a new series of programs entitled Arctic Security Dialogues.
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Event
September 23, 2020
Arctic Research Infrastructure and Capabilities in North America
Hosted in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and the Wilson Center Polar Institute.
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ADAC News
September 01, 2020
Geofencing the Arctic
By: Joe Selmont
ADAC researcher Dr. Shawn Butler was featured in the latest edition of UAA Seawolf Weekly. With the support of ADAC, Dr. Butler is crafting new Geofencing tools for the United States Coast Guard to employ in the Arctic. According to Dr. Butler," in an area with low visibility, this can be the difference between life and death. Both for the crews and for the ecosystem ...
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ADAC News
August 21, 2020
Activity Updates from the Arctic Domain Awareness Center
By: Director Randy "Church" Kee, ADAC Executive Director
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology's University Programs (DHS S&T UP) established the Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) in summer 2014 to research and provide a scientific basis to address the challenges faced by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and other DHS maritime missions in the Arctic region ...
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ADAC News
April 20, 2020
Snapshot: Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance in the Arctic
In the great white-and-blue expanse of the Arctic with miles and miles of ice and water, harsh wind and waves, human contact is sparse. The population density of the Alaskan Arctic circle is less than one person per square mile ...
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ADAC News
December 04, 2019
The Scope for Greater Five Eyes Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic
RIn the Arctic, the opening of sea lanes and increased access to natural resources are increasing the focus on the region. The Northern Sea Route has been described as a new maritime highway, a new resources frontier and a new military theatre ...
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ADAC News
December , 2019
Geostrategic Futures in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica
Rapid political, social and environmental change presents challenges for the management of Arctic and Antarctic regions. Climate change is already affecting national security and has implications for defence planning in Australia and the Antarctic region ...
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Event
October , 2019
Arctic Circle 2019
Arctic Circle 2019 took place in Harpa, Reykjavik.
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ADAC News
September 25, 2019
All about the Ice
By: Catalina Myers
Each winter, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) monitors the 6,700 miles of shoreline, including 1,500 miles of shared international coastline with Canada, on the Great Lakes. USCG District 9 is responsible for ensuring the safe passage of commercial vessels, fishing boats and recreational users traveling on the lakes during the treacherous winter months, when ice can reach eight inches deep or more at the height of winter ...
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Event
September 04, 2019
Arctic Futures 2050 Conference
The Arctic Futures 2050 Conference took place in Washington, D.C.
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Event
July 31, 2019
COE Summit 2019
The Center of Excellence Summit 2019 took place at George Mason University
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Event
July 17, 2019
The Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations
8th Symposium
The Center of Excellence Summit 2019 took place at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
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Event
April 25, 2019
Sixth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium
Sixth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium took place at Seattle, Washington.
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News
January 30, 2019
America is an Arctic Nation—It’s Time We Acted Like It
By: Jeremy M McKenzie
In 2007, the Russians helped to refocus global attention on the Arctic after planting a titanium Russian flag on the seabed of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole. This event helped spark a new “Golden Age” of media and academic attention on the Arctic ...
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ADAC News
December 04, 2018
Snapshot: More Tests for Arctic Oil-spill-mapping Robot
Environmental changes and economic incentives are transforming maritime activity in the Arctic region. As ice recedes and maritime activity increases, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing for potential incidents involving oil and hazardous materials in U.S. Arctic waters through the U.S. Coast Guard ...
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Event
December 04, 2018
The Arctic and U.S. National Security
The Arctic and U.S. National Security event took place at Wilson Center Washington, D.C.
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Event
April 19, 2018
Fifth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium
Fifth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium took place at Seattle, Washington.
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Event
November 13, 2017
8th Annual Maritime Risk Symposium Program
The Maritime Risk Symposium Program took place at Tiffin University.
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Event
July 19, 2017
7th Symposium of the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations
This Symposium took place at the Naval Heritage Center Washington, D.C.
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Event
June 20, 2017
Regional Security in the North: Emerging Themes and Challenges
Regional Security in the North took place in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Event
April 13, 2017
Fourth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium
Fourth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium took place at Seattle, Washington.
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ADAC News
April 12, 2017
CoSSaR Spring Speaker Series
General Kee provides day-to-day direction of all Center activities and ensures that ADAC’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence (COE) goals are met, milestones achieved, technology development is proceeding, and that the end users are appropriately satisfied with the results. ...
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Event
March 24, 2017
Anchorage Arctic Research Day
Randy “Church” Kee “Operationally Driven Science & Technology in Support of Arctic Maritime Responders
This event took place at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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ADAC News
August 26, 2016
Arctic Domain Awareness Center Leverages Technology to Assist Circumpolar Operations
By: Tim Ellis
It’s not unusual for mistakes to be made during a big, complex operation like the emergency-rescue training exercise the U.S. Coast Guard and its partners conducted this week in Northern Alaska ...
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ADAC News
February , 2016
Breaking the Ice: Survival Lessons from a Changing Arctic
By: McKenzie Funk
To make an expedition by icebreaker in the modern American Arctic, you fly to the gold-rush city of Nome, Alaska, our country’s former future Arctic port, in a commercial jet that is half taken up by cargo, half by passengers ...
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ADAC News
January 26, 2016
Retired General Opens Joint FAO Course
By: Patrick Bray
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center hosted the Joint Foreign Area Officer Course Jan. 25-29 at the Weckerling Center on the Presidio of Monterey, California ...
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