"A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic."

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Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.

— Henry David Thoreau