Hamilla, Executive Director, The Arctic Studio, said The Arctic Studio’s research on American perceptions of the Arctic region shows Americans generally have low sentiment and attachment to the Arctic—they mostly associate it with the cold, snow, and ice. [...] Tracking Changing Arctic Seas for the Benefit of Planning and Operations Hajo Eicken, Director, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, framed the importance of the Arctic in global politics and security, asserting that Arctic observations influence our interactions with the global ocean. [...] said his primary introduced the panel as such: “the Arctic may be a frontier responsibility was to bring the concerns of the Arctic to the today for policymakers and researchers; however, the Arctic is Western world; non-Arctic actors have dictated the lives of and has been our homeland for thousands of years.” Indigenous communities, and he wants that to change. [...] Coast Guard, highlighted the changing habits operations, stated Borman, and the region’s vast distances and of human activity in the Arctic and the reality of search and limited infrastructure continue to make airpower a vital asset. [...] Streff illustrated the depth and breadth of the Alaskan land and air domain, where the National Guard regularly operates and has operated since WWII under the mission of the Alaska Department of Military and Veteran Affairs.
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