Within days of the twin Mir descent, the U.S. Coast Guard had dispatched the icebreaker Healy north of Alaska to spend
nearly a month mapping the Arctic Ocean's floor; Canada
commenced a 10 - day military exercise called a «sovereignty
operation»; and the Danes sent scientists to map the seabed north of Greenland.
Etihad Airways
commenced operations to Athens in June 2009, and since then has carried almost 400,000 guests and
nearly 3,700 tonnes of cargo on the route.