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Multinational cooperation could accelerate US defense capabilities in the polar regions Chris Bassler December 15, 2020 Paratroopers participate in U.S. Northern Command s Exercise Arctic Edge 20 at the Donnelly drop zone in Fort Greely, Alaska, on Feb. 29, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom/U.S. Air Force) In the fall of 2020, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden signed a ground-breaking defense agreement: the International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research. ICE-PPR is the first multilateral effort specifically focused on cooperation in high-latitude, cold weather locations across the globe and is a direct response to the rise of great power competition in polar regions.