Responding to oil spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine environment / Committee on Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment, Ocean Studies Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Polar Research Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Marine Board, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies.

"U.S. Arctic waters north of the Bering Strait and west of the Canadian border encompass a vast area that is usually ice covered for much of the year, but is increasingly experiencing longer periods and larger areas of open water due to climate change. Sparsely inhabited with a wide variety of...

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