Coast Guard discusses Arctic Shield with Barrow residents

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow 

BARROW, Alaska — Coast Guard Lt. Vincent Jansen, Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, provides a briefing about the Coast Guard's planned aviation operations in and around the Northern Slope of Alaska during a North Slope Borough assembly meeting July 10, 2012.

Jansen's presentation specifically focused on steps the Coast Guard will be taking to minimize the effects Coast Guard helicopter operations will have on the subsistence and traditional lifestyles of North Slope Borough residents and communities.