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In a Changing Arctic, A lone Coast Guard Icebreaker maneuvers through ice and geopolitics (Washington Post)
Scuba Divers part of USCG Cutter HEALY’s Arctic Mission (KTUU Anchorage)
Coast Guard icebreaker patrols the North Pole, solving mysteries and paying homage to the dead (San Diego Union Tribune)
Coast Guard divers return to Arctic, with assist from Navy (Kitsap Sun)
USCG Icebreaker Healy America’s Presence in the Arctic calls on Seward (Seward City News)
Diving In: A new chapter at the top of the World (Coast Guard Compass Blog)
Arctic Technology Evaluation 2017 (Coast Guard RDC photo journal)
Status of Polar Icebreaking Fleet Capability and Recapitalization Plan (GAO)
Coast Guard summer internship (Walla Walla University)
US Coast Guard prints spare parts at sea (Maritime Executive)
Norwegians and Icelanders let Alaskans in on the secrets to economic prosperity
U.S. Icebreaker Fleet is Overdue for an Upgrade
HLY AWS16 Links
Norwegians and Icelanders let Alaskans in on the secrets to economic prosperity
U.S. Icebreaker Fleet is Overdue for an Upgrade
USCG Icebreaker Captain on Importance of Polar National Security and Science Missions (Defense and Aerospace Report)
Mapping the extended continental shelf in the Arctic (Coast Guard Compass Blog)
Seattle-based USCG crew embarks on Arctic missions (KING 5 News)
Seattle-based icebreaker heads for an arctic adventure (KING 5 News)
Congress cannot ignore the need for icebreakers (The Seattle Times)
Coast Guard icebreaker to depart for summer research mission (USCG News)
Coast Guard icebreaker arrives in the islands (Hawaii News Now)
Nasa-style mission needed to map ocean floor (BBC)
Russia launches largest, most powerful icebreaker in the world (Alaska Public Media)
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy prepares for departure from Seward (KTUU Anchorage)
Arctic Water and Carbon Isotope Cycles from the USCG Icebreaker Healy: Chukchi Sea, Alaska (Picarro Blog)
Hidden Ocean 2016: The Chukchi Borderlands (NOAA)
Chukchi Sea Borderland (Polartrec)
Icebreaker Healy to arrive Wednesday, will give free tours (Seward City News)
AVTEC to Train U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy Crewmembers (Alaska Native News)
Climb aboard America's biggest icebreaker (Alaska Dispatch News)
U.S. Needs More Icebreakers to Keep Watch in the Arctic (Alaska Dispatch News)
Life Aboard a Coast Guard Ice Breaker (USCG Compass Blog)
Dessert First: Glacial Ice Core Chocolate Mousse Cake (USCG Compass Blog)
Dessert First: Extraordinary Polar Ice Lemonade (Coast Guard Compass Blog)
Cutter Healy in Seward Preparing for 2nd Leg of Arctic Scientific Mission (Alaska Native News)
Journey to the Arctic (Al Jazeera)
HEALY - Not Your Grandfather's Icebreaker! (NOAA)
Diversity and Inclusion - Leaders of Progress (Coast Cuard Compass Blog)
Coast Guard Cutter Healy: Still breaking the way (Coast Guard Compass Blog)
Spotting the mission: Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s Atlas (Coast Guard Compass Blog)
HLY AWS15 Links
Breaking the Ice: Survival Lessons from a Changing Arctic (Audubon)
Icebreaker Returns Home After Epic North Pole Journey (KUOW)
Geotraces 2015: Down to a science (CG Compass)
Coast Guard cutter Healy returns home (Kitsap Sun)
Icebreaker Healy back after pioneering North Pole trip (Navy Times)
Polar Program (YouTube channel)
Icebreaker is first U.S. surface ship to reach North Pole unaccompanied (Japan Times)
Coast Guard Academy Professor Uses 3-D Printer on Arctic Icebreaker
At True North’s End (CG Compass)
Searching for Leads in the Opening Arctic (Foreign Policy)
U.S. Hydrography Outreach (UCSD)
Geotraces 2015: Roaring north with Healy
Photos: Profiles of sailors and scientists on the Healy
Crew of Coast Guard icebreaker Healy cruises between Arctic science missions
Endangered Icebreakers: The future of Arctic research, exploration and rescue at risk
U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES
Video: Coast Guard Cutter Healy Visits The Arctic
Boeing's Insitu takes to Arctic skies to make case for drones
Oceanographers Board Icebreakers to Study Arctic Mercury Pollution
Healy crew cruises between Arctic Missions
Remote Rescue in the Arctic
Seattle Icebreaker Heads For North Pole (KUOW)
Coast Guard cutter Healy heads out on Arctic expedition (KOMO)
Bainbridge Islander heads out on historic Arctic expedition (Kitsap Sun)
Arctic Diary: Charting change off the Alaskan coast (Al Jazeera America)
HLY AWS14 Links
Arctic Spring - Exploring life under the sea ice
Dallas Murphy Oceanographic Chronicles
Gripping Films - Stories that grip you
Nick Cobbing, photographer
Time Lapse Dance, Dancing in the Arctic
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Mr. Bob Selby's blog and artwork
PolarTREC Blog by Andrea Skloss
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Global Warming Data Buried in Mud
(ABC News)
Icebreaker Healy: Tour a Lab on the Sea
(ABC News)
How to Stalk a Walrus
(ABC News)
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Arctic Mapping and the Law of the Sea
(Betsy Baker, Vermont Law School)
Armed Forces Journal's Icebreaker Article
- AFJ Article Featuring HEALY
Battle Over Offshore Drilling In Arctic Dwarfs ANWR
(NPR)
Bering Ecosystem Study Video
- HEALY Featured in BEST Video
Bering Sea Ice Research Cruise 2009
D17 Public Affairs HEALY Journal Entries
Google Earth - Coast Guard Layer
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Healy Mapping Mission
(National Geographic Magazine)
NASA Embarks on Arctic Voyage to Probe Ocean, Climate Changes (ICESCAPE)
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- Website for NASA's ICESCAPES Project (HEALY AWS1001)
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On Thin Ice
(Tom Litwin, International Polar Year)
Polar Discovery, Expedition 5
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Stanford University Press Release