Voyages on the Northern Sea Route

This book explains vessels’ ability to overcome ice on the Northern Sea Route, as well as the criteria of safe speed and maneuvering of vessels on ice. It provides a successful long-term forecast of ice navigation and reveals the dangers of sailing on the Northern Sea Rote, It includes tips on how t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pastusiak, Tadeusz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Problems of planning vessel voyages in ice
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part II. Overcoming ice and speed of a vessel
  • Chapter 2. The ability to overcome ice and speed of vessel navigating independently in ice
  • Part III. Dangerous phenomena and hazards to shipping
  • Chapter 3. Dangerous hydro-meteorological phenomena occurring on the NSR
  • Part IV. Suggested routes and voyahe dates
  • Chapter 4. Routes outside ice-covered zones on the NSR for vessels without ice strengthening
  • Chapter 5. Dates of opening and closing of the seas for ice-free navigation
  • Part V. Models of decision-making systems
  • Chapter 6. Decision-making system of initial voyage planning
  • Chapter 7. Operational voyage planning and verification of the initial voyage planning system
  • Chapter 8. Summary and conclusions
  • Appendices