Peter DeFazio: “We gave pretty clear direction to the Federal agencies who wanted to have uniform policies across Federal agencies.”

I just really think, even when we finally get to three functional, modern, major icebreakers, I mean, you still have the Antarctic mission and other things.

I still don't know why it happened.

The idiots in the Senate have been unable to approve the Law of the Sea Treaty, so, we don't have full standing to object to Russia continually extending claims further and further into the Arctic region.

As polar ice steadily decreases, new trade routes will emerge, linking Asia, North America, and Europe.