Quintillion arctic cable expedition.

• Position: TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY

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The Alcatel-Lucent Ile De Sein Is one of two French ships contracted to lay and bury fiber optic cable for Quintillion this summer and fall. The ship made a stop in Dutch Harbor in early August to refuel before heading to Prudhoe Bay to work Its way south around the Arctic coastline of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas and meet in the Bering Sea with its sister ship the Alcatel-Lucent Ile De Brehat, which began in Nome in July, working north. Quintillion is connecting Prudhoe Bay, Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope, Kotzebue, and Nome to high speed Internet capability. It is expected to revolutionize Arctic communications.

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