CANADIAN ICE BREAKER RESCUES ICE-TRAPPED MANHATTAN TANKER

Describes the 9 Sept 1969 difficulties of the SS Manhattan in 6-ft thick ice and later in 8-9 ft flat ice and 15-20 ft thick ridges in Viscount Melville Sound. At a speed of 6 knots, the tanker has the capability to break through 40-50 ft thick ice ridges, but breakthrough from a standing stop was impossible without aid from the icebreaker Sir John A. Macdonald. It is anticipated that five icebreakers at strategic points will be required for commercial operations in the Northwest Passage and others in the Beaufort Sea.

• Corporate Authors:

  MacLean-Hunter Limited

  Petro-Chem Building, 805 8th Avenue, SW
  Calgary 2, Alta,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Gray, E
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23
• Serial:
  • Oilweek
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 30
  • Publisher: MacLean-Hunter Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Pipeline transportation; Shipping; Tankers
• Identifier Terms: Manhattan (Ship)
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic oil transportation; Arctic shipping
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043725
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1973 12:00AM