Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District commander, leads a discussion about the Coast Guard presence in the Arctic at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska Aug. 5, 2012. The meeting, also attended by Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven and a sampling of North Slope community leaders, focused on the Coast Guard's mitigation of the threat that increased maritime traffic in the Beaufort and Chuckchi seas presents to traditional subsistence living. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.
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