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https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/04/23/america-doesnt-depend-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-rural-alaska-does/ "fuel deliveries to Western #Alaska quietly depended on a surprising player: #Russia. …routes…often fall under the Int'l Maritime Org’s Polar Code, which…can include ice-class design, specialized equipment…crew training…ice-strengthened tankers are…scarce worldwide… …fuel bound for Western or northern Alaska communities was often carried on Russian-built or Russian-operated vessels, sometimes under foreign flags, traveling from Asian refineries to the Alaskan coast. "