Articles

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. ...

Read more ▶

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. ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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. ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶

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 ...

Read more ▶