ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION ABOARD USCGC POLAR SEA 1985

Environmental and ship performance data were collected in the western Beaufort Sea aboard USCGC POLAR SEA during September and October, 1985. This was the tenth phase of a multiyear program to assess the feasibility of year-round commercial marine activities off the coast of Alaska. Volume 1 of this two-volume set of reports describes the measured ice and meteorological conditions during the deployment, and provides detailed descriptions of all on-ice measurement techniques. Volume 2 is an appendix to the main report and includes survey maps and ice floe cross section diagrams.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report; Vol.1-Environmental Data; Vol.2-Drawings
• Corporate Authors:

  ARCTEC Engineering, Incorporated

  Columbia, MD  United States 

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Harrington, M G
  • St John, J W
• Publication Date: 1987-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drift ice; Frigid regions; Ice; Mapping; Meteorological phenomena; Performance; Ship operations
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions; Beaufort Sea
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic environment; Ice conditions; Ice mapping; Ice transiting vessels; Meteorological data; Polar sea (Vessel); Ship performance
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00655337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1092C
• Contract Numbers: DTMA91-84-C-41088/V.1, DTMA91-84-C-41032/V.2
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM