Marine Science Affairs 



4. Enhance the education and training of technical and professional 

 personnel for Arctic work. 



5. Evaluate the impact of individual agency programs in Alaska in terms 

 of the ability of the Alaskan economy to handle the aggregate impact of 

 these programs without harmful inflation. 



6. Accelerate the development of a comprehensive understanding of the 

 mineral and biological resources of the Arctic region and of associated 

 technical, economic and social problems. 



7. Encourage, support, and conduct broad fundamental research pro- 

 grams to develop a fuller understanding of the Arctic environment. 



8. Investigate the feasibility of developing an intermodal transportation 

 system for the Arctic through public and private investment which will: 



a. Provide access to all Arctic areas. 



b. Provide a system capable of transporting passengers and cargoes. 



c. Extend the shipping season to and from Arctic Alaska and the Arctic 

 region. 



9. Promote international cooperation in exploration, research, safety, 

 health and welfare and other activities which will be beneficial to all 

 countries. 



Expanding Arctic Research Capabilities 



Eleven Federal departments and agencies with a total FY 1968 budget of 

 more than $20 million (Table XI-1) involving some 600 to 700 people, 

 including scientists and technicians, are engaged in programs of Arctic 

 science, resource development, health and welfare, and military research 

 and development. U.S. research programs represent a broad spectrum of dis- 

 ciplines including oceanography, glaciology, earth sciences, meteorological 

 and ionospheric sciences, and the biological sciences. Technical activities in- 

 clude surveying and mapping, natural resource inventories, weather observa- 

 tions, ice observations from ships and aircraft and eventually from satellites, 

 reclamation, transport, and construction. 



Eleven Federal and federally supported facilities serve as centers for most 

 of this work. 



In 1967 and 1968 the development of capabilities to conduct oceano- 

 graphic research in polar and subpolar areas was selected by the Coun- 

 cil as an area deserving priority attention. Last year the Council recom- 

 mended that a replacement Coast Guard ship authorized for the Interna- 

 tional Ice Patrol be especially designed and equipped so that oceanographic 

 research in the high latitudes could be expanded. This ship, depicted in Fig- 

 ure XI-1, is scheduled for commissioning in 1970. Complementing this new 



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