As a concession to the Indigenous and environmental groups opposed to the project, the Biden administration also announced plans Monday to protect parts of the NPR-A and Arctic Ocean from any future development.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/03/15/conservation-groups-sue-to-block-biden-approved-willow-oil-project-on-alaskas-north-slope/

Luxury voyages now explicitly head further north in the Arctic Ocean for sightseers to experience first-hand the gradually melting wonders of the world’s iciest regions.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/cruise-ship-runs-aground-above-arctic-circle-greenland-1850838634

The potential for ice free Arctic Ocean is coming and the warnings have been coming all this time.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/06/david-suzuki-climate-action-crisis-in-conversation-natasha-mitchell-melbourne-museum

These circumstances mean that the US has very little motivation to establish sea routes through the largely uninhabited, relatively shallow, and dangerously unpredictable Arctic Ocean.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/is-america-losing-the-arctic-race/

The U.S. military intercepted an unidentified flying object on Feb. 10 over the Arctic Ocean near Alaska, another on Feb. 11 over the on Feb. 12. American and Canadian officials are still trying to identify and recover the objects.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html

WILMINGTON, Del. — As President Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil project in Alaska, his administration announced he will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/af87e8fa25e0bc3e?ref=ff