Coast Guard Reintroduces Shipboard Diving Capabilities to Arctic

By Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard-Pacific on Aug 10, 2017   At Sea, Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

ALAMEDA, Calif. ­— U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Navy sailors conducted shipboard dive operations from a Coast Guard cutter in the Arctic July 29 for the first time since two Coast Guard divers perished in a subsurface accident almost 11 years ago. Shipboard Arctic dive operations increase the Coast Guard’s ability to assure year-round access […]