20 July 2026 Coast Guard Secures the U.S. Arctic as Chinese Research Vessels Arrive in the Bering Sea JUNEAU, Alaska — This week, the U.S. Coast Guard monitored the Chinese research ship Xue Long, which transited north through the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and over the U.S. extended continental shelf in the Bering Sea with a declared destination of the Arctic and the Xue Long 2, another...