Tensions between the US and Russia and increasing activity in the Arctic have drawn more attention to the countries’ otherwise quiet boundary in the high north. The Bering Strait, between Alaska and Russia’s Far East, has long been an area of low tension and cooperation on matters like waterway management and fisheries enforcement. But expectations … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part two of George Hand’s story about his Special Forces team operating in Alaska. Read part one <a href="https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/night-jumps-and-cracking-ice-a-true-story-of-green-berets-in-alaska/" rel="noopene…
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