
THOMAS JAMES HURST / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Aging fleet slows U.S. in Arctic "chess game"
A Coast Guard fireman relays information from the Polar Sea's engine room back to the main control room of the Seattle-based cutter.

THOMAS JAMES HURST / THE SEATTLE TIMES
A Coast Guard fireman relays information from the Polar Sea's engine room back to the main control room of the Seattle-based cutter.
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