A Week of Firsts for This Arctic Nation
Summary:
We are closing in on a week of intense focus and excitement for GEOTRACES and for the United States around the Arctic. President Obama became the first sitting president to visit Alaska, the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy with US GEOTRACES scientists completed the first unaccompanied US surface vessel transit to the North Pole, and the first group ever to collect trace metals at the North Pole! You might assume these three items are unrelated, but they are in fact tightly linked.
Content analysis:
Geographic context:
Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
Alaska | US | 63.0365 | -149.106 |
North Pole | US | 64.7535 | -147.361 |
United States | US | 37.1679 | -95.845 |
Keywords:
Alaska, Arctic Nation, Climate, Coast, excitement, fact, Firsts, GEOTRACES scientists, Guard Cutter Healy, intense focus, items, North Pole, President Obama, trace metals, United States, vessel transit