Effort should improve navigational safety with updated maps of region
NOAA officially launched its 2015 Arctic hydrographic survey season this morning, in Kodiak, Alaska, in a World Ocean Day ceremony which showcased the deployment of the NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather.
![Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. (Image credit: NOAA) Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/arctic-morning-on-the-ice_noaa_3000.jpg?itok=b1nzpzZR)
Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. (Image credit: NOAA)