The Coast Guard has icebreakers and does research. I knew several buddies who did so, though the MST (Marine Science Technician) rating seems to focus more on security these days.
They did research when I served, a mere 50 years ago! These days, as part of DHS, not DOT, I can imagine that research is a dirty word compared to "projecting national interests" and the Commandant was summarily dismissed for predictable reasons. So I can't say what research, if any, is conducted these days. One can ask.
A recent comparison of CG and NSF breakers, the latter of which is now zero, is in this congressional report. Physical page 45.
That, I can't say. I was at the commisioning of the Coast Guard R&D Center in Groton, 50+ years ago, and it moved across the river to a big facility in New London.
Here is the place to look for research. I did look up the R&D center a while back with my impending 50 year anniversary of service. I was in the Physics branch and knew buddies in oceano.
Our guy Dennis got multispectral photos of ice with a Hasselblad UV-Sonnar. Quartz and CaF elements. Who can forget that?
The article also says it's being "decommissioned" when it's merely not renewing the lease. I wonder who owns it and if anyone knows what they plan to do with it?
By having a population who reads a clickbait headline, doesn't read the article, doesn't do any further study, and then propagates the falsehood and moves on to the next one.
NSF is.
The Coast Guard has icebreakers and does research. I knew several buddies who did so, though the MST (Marine Science Technician) rating seems to focus more on security these days.
The "old guard" My, how things change.
A new icebreaker was just added.
https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/4016098/coast-guard-a...
It doesn't sound like the coast guard icebreakers server a purpose, so this is really a decline to zero.
They serve a purpose, for all those dollars!!
They did research when I served, a mere 50 years ago! These days, as part of DHS, not DOT, I can imagine that research is a dirty word compared to "projecting national interests" and the Commandant was summarily dismissed for predictable reasons. So I can't say what research, if any, is conducted these days. One can ask.
A recent comparison of CG and NSF breakers, the latter of which is now zero, is in this congressional report. Physical page 45.
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL3439...
Has the research aspect ever been more than a fig leaf and a "might as well"?
Strong parallel to rockets and high-altitude planes used for atmospheric research ...
That, I can't say. I was at the commisioning of the Coast Guard R&D Center in Groton, 50+ years ago, and it moved across the river to a big facility in New London.
Here is the place to look for research. I did look up the R&D center a while back with my impending 50 year anniversary of service. I was in the Physics branch and knew buddies in oceano.
Our guy Dennis got multispectral photos of ice with a Hasselblad UV-Sonnar. Quartz and CaF elements. Who can forget that?
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Command...
HTH
“the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. ”
For some reason I read the title as the last icebreaker in the USA being retired.
Because that's what the headline says, because that's sensational and the truth is not.
I used to flag stories very sparingly but I've changed my mind. Clickbait titles get flagged. I don't care how interesting the story is.
As the guidelines say:
> ... please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; ...
The article also says it's being "decommissioned" when it's merely not renewing the lease. I wonder who owns it and if anyone knows what they plan to do with it?
Ask and maybe some one will look it up on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_B._Palmer_(icebreake...
From the outside it's horrible to watch the great US nation sink bit by bit into third world status.
In what way?
By having a population who reads a clickbait headline, doesn't read the article, doesn't do any further study, and then propagates the falsehood and moves on to the next one.
In that way.