SEASAT ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT. VOLUME 6: ARCTIC OPERATIONS CASE STUDY AND GENERALIZATION

The hypothetical development and transportation of Arctic oil and other resources by ice breaking super tanker fleets to the continental East Coast are discussed. The utilization of SEASAT ice mapping data is shown to contribute to a more effective transportation operation through the Arctic ice by reducing transportation costs as a consequence of reduced transit time per voyage.

• Corporate Authors:

  ECON, Incorporated

  900 State Road
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08648
• Publication Date: 1975-8-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 77 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Economic analysis; Economic factors; Economic forecasting; Freight transportation; Ice; Icebreakers; Mapping; Meteorology; Natural resources; Oil exploration; Pipeline transportation; Reports; Routing; Sea ice; Ships; Tankers; Weather; Weather forecasting; Weather routing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship routing
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic oil transportation; Ice mapping; Ice reporting; Meteorological parameters; Meteorological reports; Satellite systems; Seasat satellites
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pipelines; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145786
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-148499 Final Rpt., REPT-75-125-6B-V-6
• Contract Numbers: NASW-2558
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM