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Sharon Burke, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Ice at the North Pole is melting at record rates. Sea lanes are opening where they were never open before, and security implications are opening along with them...

Federal News Network Staff

October 22, 2014 4:33 pm

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Ice at the North Pole is melting at record rates. Sea lanes are opening where they were never open before, and security implications are opening along with them. Sharon Burke is senior fellow for the Center for a New American Security. She was assistant secretary of defense for operational energy until earlier this year. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she explained the effect of the melting ice in the North Pole on national security.