Arctic Roadmap: Charting the Navy’s Arctic Presence

摘要

With the changing climate, the Arctic region suddenly finds itself host to a plethoraof prospective opportunities. Since 1980, Arctic summer sea ice has reduced byapproximately 40 percent, giving way to freedom from é?￥???ormalé?￥?Arcticsummer conditions é?￥?icy, impassable waters é?￥?and opening up the possibility ofexploration into the regioné?￥?a? potentially rich, natural resources such as oil, gasand minerals. Commercial fishing, shipping, even tourism é?￥?as Chief of NavalOperations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert put it, the Arctic is a é?￥???ew maritimefrontier.é?￥?