Don Young (R-Alaska) proudly bears the distinction of being the sole member of the U.S. Congress to live within the Arctic Circle. On the sidelines of the Wilson Center-Arctic Circle Forum, he described a regional Arctic identity that sometimes usurps national identity; growing economic competition in the far north; and what it might take for the United States to truly consider itself an Arctic nation.
Don Young (R-Alaska) proudly bears the distinction of being the sole member of the U.S. Congress to live within the Arctic Circle. On the sidelines of the Wilson Center-Arctic Circle Forum, he described a regional Arctic identity that sometimes usurps national identity; growing economic competition in the far north; and what it might take for the United States to truly consider itself an Arctic nation.
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