US Coastguard says Russia beating America to the Arctic

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=383405

A top US Coast Guard official has told the Congress that Russia is getting ahead of the United States in the Arctic race.

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen has said the government must urgently revise its approach to polar exploration.

Admiral Allen told a Congress committe that he was concerned about the decline in the nation's ice-breaking capabilities.

The Coast Guard chief said Russia had finally put to sea last year the largest icebreaker in its polar fleet, guaranteeing Russia easy access to the vast natural resources in the Arctic region.

Allen said Russia is the only other country, besides the US, with polar ice breaking capabilities, but the Russian fleet is in far better shape, with 'seven to eight' nuclear-powered polar icebreakers.
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Bush is so ineffective

[JeffR]

1. The admiral needn't worry

The ice will be all gone soon anyway.

Icebreakers? Pfffffft. So 20th Century...

[Jack_DeLeon]

4. Yeah but buy then the Russians will have already gotten all the oil...

[XemaSab]

2. I thought Perry got up there in 18-something, and he was English, right?

:shrug: :P

[babylonsister]

3. That's been happening for awhile. * isn't interested.

Why do something positive and break his streak?