First US Deep Water Port for the Arctic to Host Military, Cruise Ships

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As the Arctic sea ice relents under the pressures of global warming and opens shipping lanes across the top of the world, more tourists are venturing to Nome — a northwest Alaska destination known better for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and its 1898 gold rush than luxury travel.

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