Sea Ice – Obstacle Vs. Opportunity Reconciling Two Views of Landfast Sea Ice

This paper addresses how the Labrador Inuit Association (LIA) and Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Ltd. (VBNC) broke the impasse between them over the issue of shipping nickel concentrate through landfast ice from the mine site near Voisey's Bay to markets in the south. It describes the terms and conditions for winter shipping and the process through which Labrador Inuit consented to winter shipping, and how, once they took ownership of the problems winter shipping presents to Inuit, they became the ultimate problem solvers. A Shipping Agreement negotiated between LIA and VBNC sets out VBNC's commitments to resolving the outstanding problems. This paper also identifies some lessons learned during this process. This is a companion paper to Rowell and Metcalfe (2005).

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  http://www.poac.com/Papers/POAC05_V1.zip
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  http://www.poac.com/PapersOnline.html
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC).
• Corporate Authors:

  Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC)

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• Authors:
  • Rowell, J
  • Metcalfe, L
• Conference:
  • 18th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC'05)
  • Location: Potsdam New York, United States
  • Date: 2005-6-26 to 2005-6-30
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 119-130
• Monograph Title: POAC '05: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions
  • Publisher: Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC)
  • ISSN: 0376-6756
  • EISSN: 2077-7841
  • Serial URL: http://www.poac.com/PapersOnline.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mines; Nickel; Obstructions (Navigation); Sea ice; Shipping; Winter
• Geographic Terms: Newfoundland and Labrador
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01581445
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780964788824
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 2015 9:28AM