The US already controls the most important Arctic chokepoint. What's the point of a Northwest passage that doesn't go through the Bering strait? The only other

The US already controls the most important Arctic chokepoint. What's the point of a Northwest passage that doesn't go through the Bering strait? The only other Arctic chokepoint of any mercantile significance (the Labrador sea) is already patrolled by the US coast guard as part of ice patrols with Canada, in addition to US bases in the high Arctic and any US planes in Iceland.