Category: Chinese icebreaker

USCG Arctic District responds to Chinese research vessel Xue Long 2 The U.S. Coast Guard reports that this past Friday it detected and responded to the China-flagged research ship Xue Long 2 on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) in the U.S. Arctic, approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska=. A Coast Guard C-130J…