The U.S. Arctic is ‘woefully unprepared,’ says Murkowski

By: Marybeth Sandell, Arctic Today

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 1,039

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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As White House rhetoric escalates about taking Greenland by force or purchase, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski suggests attention should focus more on the existing U.S. Arctic, where “we are woefully unprepared.”

Murkowski spoke with Arctic Today in Copenhagen as she traveled with an expanded bipartisan congressional delegation to reassure Danish and Greenlandic officials and business leaders that they’ll prevent Trump from taking hostile action against the Arctic nation.

Prior to the meeting, Trump said he …

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