With more international ships traveling in the Arctic, The US Coast Guard is proposing a new two-way shipping route along the northern Alaska coast. The idea is to make travel in the region more efficient — and so better for the environment. The Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden reports from Anchorage.
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