NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer needed a chain saw to complete one of his latest assignments.
Hemmer traveled north for 鈥淏attle for the Arctic,鈥� a documentary on the Fox Nation streaming service about the U.S. Navy's preparedness in the region, where he took a brief ride on a nuclear submarine. The sub surfaced on a giant ice floe northeast of Alaska where the Navy had a camp. It took more than an hour for a chain saw to cut through the ice and enable Hemmer to walk down the hatch for his visit.
鈥淚t's not quite impenetrable,鈥� Hemmer said. 鈥淏ut it's close.鈥�
Hemmer noted that eight nations have land within the Arctic Circle, seven of them members of NATO. The exception is Russia, and the U.S. military is watching closely 鈥� the purpose of his trip.
His special, currently streaming, doubles as a travelogue into an endless expanse of white.
鈥淓verything you see is something that you have never seen before in your life because so few people have been here,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t's a remarkable site.鈥�
Mindful of loyal Fox fans, Hemmer skirts one issue 鈥� climate change. 鈥淲hy Arctic ice is receding, how fast and what it means,鈥� he said. 鈥淎ll of these things are points of debate.鈥�
The Associated Press
