20 September 2023 MDSU-1 Dives the Arctic with U.S. Coast Guard BEAUFORT SEA - Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 trained in one of the most remote parts of the world this summer – under the polar ice cap of the Arctic Circle. Chief Navy Diver Zachary Hanson, MDSU-1 master diver and his team got underway aboard the icebreaker
08 September 2023 Naval Special Warfare Interoperates with USS John P. Murtha in Bering Sea BERING SEA - East Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) seamlessly integrated with USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) during Operation Polar Dagger, in the Alaskan Arctic region, demonstrating special operations forces capability to operate in austere locations to defend critical
30 August 2023 NPS Research on Coast Guard Icebreaker to Enhance Arctic Readiness MONTEREY, Calif. — During a seven-week Arctic transit aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will study the impact of the extreme environment on crew performance and potential mitigations, as well as advanced Additive
16 March 2022 Navy brings ‘backpacker’s mindset’ to nearly zero-footprint Arctic ice camp U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The Navy’s 60-person encampment built on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean is a nearly zero footprint camp.
07 March 2022 How the Navy builds a livable camp with a real airstrip on a chunk of floating Arctic ice U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH - Ice Camp Queenfish represents unprecedented advances in both speed of construction and expeditionary capability. with the ability to support more than 60 personnel, the camp is the forward operating base for Ice Exercise 2022, the latest installment of the Navy’s
26 May 2021 U.S. Naval War College Hosts Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative Conference NEWPORT, R.I. - The U.S. Naval War College hosted a virtual Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative (NASI) conference April 28-29 to discuss new frameworks on Arctic cooperation and to further strengthen global maritime partnerships in the Arctic.
04 February 2021 NPS-Led Research Reveals Greater Abundance of Life Under Arctic Ice Than Previously Thought For the longest time, scientists have written off there being much life below the Arctic sea ice. Surely not enough sunlight would be able to get through the snow and ice to sustain an abundance of life. Additionally, satellites can’t see through the ice, and it was difficult for scientists