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Russian Arctic Seas

Navigational conditions and accidents

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Nataliya Marchenko

    1. Arctic Technology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway

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  • Bilingual format enables readers to see the original names, current geographic names (also located on maps) and names of the ships to fully understand the accidents
  • Supports learning of special vocabulary and expressions of Russian speakers
  • Unique collection of archival materials about sea-ice navigation and accidents plus illustrations, eye-witness accounts, and original maps of accident sites
  • First English-language descriptions of the Russian Arctic seas from navigational perspective

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. COMMON FEATURES OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC SEAS

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 1-10

  3. ТHE MAIN STAGES OF NORTHERN SEA NAVIGATION AND VESSEL DEVELOPMENT

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 11-25

  4. THE KARA SEA

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 27-88

  5. THE LAPTEV SEA

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 89-134

  6. THE EAST SIBERIAN SEA

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 135-188

  7. THE СHUKCHI SEA

    • Nataliya Marchenko
    Pages 189-251

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 253-271
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About this book

For safe operations in the Arctic, it is critical to understand the natural conditions and to learn from the experiences of ice pilots who have worked there. In the context of planning the PetroArctic project, accounts of seagoing activities in the Russian Arctic Seas that ersulted in accidents have been gathered and are now made available in this bilingual (Russian-English) volume. Here especially, the physical environment and navigation issues for the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi seas are described. Fully half of the book describes accidents induced by heavy ice conditions since 1900: 94 accidents are carefully reported and classified. Among these, the accidents involve shipwrecks, forced drift (ice jet as special case), overwintering, and various types of vessel damage. Most accounts include details such as distinguishing features, behavior of the crew, photos, and maps, which reveal ice conditions, date, location, and vessels involved (for each of four seas). The book will be useful to scientists, industrial planners and a wide audience interested in the Arctic Seas.

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  • Arctic Technology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway

    Nataliya Marchenko

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