The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, presented the medals to officers and sailors during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. The Arctic Service Medal is awarded to ...

It was instituted in 1857 as the Arctic Medal, and renamed the Polar Medal in 1904. Vicky Auld, Deputy Chief Pilot Vicky was awarded a Second Clasp Polar Medal. She began as a wintering ...

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, as the fear of nuclear Armageddon hung over American and Soviet citizens, ...

The Polar Medal is awarded by HM The Queen to personnel for outstanding achievement and service to the UK in the field of polar research. The first polar award was called the Arctic Medal ...

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, presented the medals to officers and sailors during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. The Arctic Service Medal is awarded to ...

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But Russia’s international isolation since Ukraine has made the Kremlin reliant on Beijing to finance its energy export infrastructure in the Arctic, where over 80% of Russia’s natural gas ...

The bounceback of Bitcoin and its fellow digital assets was a major storyline in 2023, leading many to wonder: Is the crypto winter over? Indeed, the trial of former FTX CEO and co-founder Sam ...

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