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Appendix C: U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaking Authority and Policy
Pages 113-116

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... operate with due regard to the requirements of national 15 U.S.C. 4101 states: "The United States has important se defense, aids to navigation, icebreaking facilities, and curity, economic, and environmental interests in devel rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on and over oping and maintaining a fleet of icebreaking vessels ca the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the pable of operating effectively in the heavy ice regions United States; and pursuant to international agreements, of the Arctic." operate icebreaking facilities on waters other than high 15 U.S.C.
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From page 114...
... Under Article 76 of the treaty, a coastal the United States agree to take advantage of their icestate may claim jurisdiction over the seabed and subsoil of breaker navigation to develop and share research infor"submerged extensions of the continental margin" beyond mation, in accordance with generally accepted printheir current exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
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From page 115...
... This broad major disciplines; year-round occupation of the South Pole agreement was signed on June 18, 1970, and has served as the and two coastal stations; and availability of related necesbasis for a variety of cooperative transportation projects by sary logistics support." the two countries. In 1993, the agreement served as the formal Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-26 (March 9, instrument for the exchange of icebreaking services in the 1996)
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From page 116...
... of Defense and the National Science Foundation for Op erational and Logistics Support of the National Science Polar Icebreaker Requirements, Presidential Report to Foundation's Polar Programs (effective April 1, 1999)
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