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		<title>Presidential Directives Issued for Arctic Region Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In closing hours of the Bush Administration, new National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives were issued that address arctic region policy for the United States. A key statement found in the documents reinforces the notion that the United States is an Arctic nation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-region-underprepared-for-maritime-accidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the seasonal transit of the Northwest Passage becoming a reality, an increase in Arctic shipping traffic is inevitable. The energy, shipping and cruise industry all see opportunities for their operations in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
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		<title>Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning Seen in NASA Satellite Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive survey of Arctic sea ice shows that shows there has been dramatic thinning between the years of 2004 to 2008. The once dominant and thicker multi-year ice is being supplanted by thinner seasonal ice.]]></description>
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		<title>Crowley Tug Tanerliq</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/crowley-escort-rescue-oil-response-tug-tanerliq/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/crowley-escort-rescue-oil-response-tug-tanerliq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photographs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prince William Sound]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This a photo of the Crowley tug Tanerliq in Port Valdez. The vessel is one of two ocean going ship escort, rescue and oil spill response tugs operated by Crowley Maritime in Prince William Sound. This tractor tug is 155 feet long and currently one the most powerful propulsion tractor tugs in the world. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/book-review/the-future-history-of-the-arctic-by-charles-emmerson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Emmerson says, “Our ideas of the Arctic – permanent, pristine, unchanging – will persist long after they have been overtaken by Arctic change."]]></description>
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		<title>Advantage North &amp; Arctic Shipping: The Promise of the Northwest Passage and Marine Transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Port expansion, arctic shipping and economic development in the north will be effected by global warming and the opening of the Northwest Passage. My professional interests have historically focused on the Alaskan marine transportation industry. A group of like-minded souls met recently in Whitehorse, Yukon to discuss resource development and transportation challenges in the north. [...]]]></description>
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