![]() This indifference has resulted in a bipolar problem of China and Russia circumventing American power in the Arctic and Antarctica. While US leaders have had spurts of polar interest throughout the years, with occasional demonstrations of presence and power projection, polar apathy has been the norm. 1 More than seven decades later, the United States still does not devote enough strategic thought to the Arctic or Antarctic. Cruzen, US Navy (1948)Īdmiral Cruzen’s ominous statement may sound like it comes from a science fiction novel, but he said this to an audience at the US Naval War College in 1948. As a result, our pre-war strategic thinking and our military and naval training was largely confined to the tropic and temperate zones. ![]() Before the war little or no consideration was given to the strategic potentialities of the Polar Regions, either north or south.
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