US Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy Expedition 2021

In August 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker "Healy" left Seward, Alaska to start an Arctic voyage through the famed Northwest Passage, a sea route that winds among islands north of mainland Canada and connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
In this video, Roger Rufe, retired Vice Admiral formerly in charge of Coast Guard operations in Alaska and the US Arctic, and former CEO of Ocean Conservancy; and Lawson Brigham, former commander of four Coast Guard cutters, including the "Polar Sea" explain what the icebreaker "Healy" is doing in Arctic waters. They discuss how climate change is affecting the region and the Indigenous peoples who live there, describe how Arctic sea ice is changing and talk about some of the other issues affecting the region.
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