Ted Stevens: “I'm told that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) participation now is increasing.”

In the Arctic, speaking your mind is often a matter of survival.

The need for a stronger Coast Guard presence, including icebreakers and forward operating bases to assert our national interest in the opening Arctic waters deal with the search and rescue and other responsibilities of increased maritime…

We should be the world's leaders. Alaska should lead this parade.

I share those goals and in looking at the challenges facing the Arctic--which has been called 'ground zero for climate change'--I introduced a series of hills last year.