Mark Begich actually said...

We've seen a fourfold increase of traffic going through the Bering Strait, and the potential for disaster, pollution disaster, is really, I think, more likely from ships colliding or a ship running aground.

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Begich highlights the risks of increased maritime traffic in the Bering Strait.

04/22/2013

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