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On Monday, Rogoff will be in Washington, D.C. to announce the formation of a new nonprofit, Arctic Circle, with Icelandic President, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who she met through her work on Arctic issues. She serves on the nonprofit’s advisory board, which also includes Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta.
Experts say if sea ice continues to melt at the rate it is today, a new shipping channel will open up through the Arctic Ocean by the year 2050. Alice Rogoff says that scientific prediction informs her vision of Alaska’s future.
“That means the Panama Canal runs along the western coast of Alaska,” Rogoff says.
Rogoff describes Arctic Circle as similar to the World Economic Forum, which brings international leaders in finance and politics to Davos, Switzerland every year to plot global business strategy. But she says it will be for Arctic states and issues.
https://www.ktoo.org/2013/04/11/could-western-alaska-become-the-new-panama-canal/
Arctic Circle-
Honorary Board–
Senator Lisa Murkowski
http://www.arcticcircle.org/about/structure/
http://www.arcticcircle.org/about/about/
The Arctic Circle is an international organization with a Secretariat based in Reykjavík, Iceland responsible for the organization of the Assemblies and Forums, as well as for communications with Arctic Circle partners, governments, media, and others interested in the work of the Arctic Circle.
Arctic Circle-
Honorary Board–
Senator Lisa Murkowski