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Perceived Implications Of Privatization For Canadian Coast Guard Services, Principally Arctic Icebreaking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Climate change, with the possibility of an ice free Arctic ocean by 2015, has generated a renewed interest in the Arctic. This interest is being driven by the possibility of easier access to the abundant supply of resources such as oil, gas, minerals,
Parsons, James
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Canada in a Climate Disrupted World [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Climate change has already begun impacting economies and societies across the globe, and its impacts are expected to increase into the future. Adaptation to climate change is and will continue to be one of the greatest policy challenges facing the ...
Dalby, Simon   +3 more
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Numerical and experimental investigation of stationkeeping in level ice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Stationkeeping method is crucial for successful marine operations in ice-covered waters. Depending on the type of structure, two methods are used in the numerical study, namely mooring system and DP combined mooring system. For stationkeeping operations
Zhou, Li
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Oil Spill Response Capacity in Nunavut and The Beaufort Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
WWF-Canada commissioned a series of reports to identify barriers that will prevent northern communities from effectively responding to a shipbased oil spill. Parallel reports for the western Beaufort region and Nunavut outline these barriers.

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A new US polar research vessel for the twenty-first century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Author Posting. © The Oceanography Society, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of The Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 25, no.
Alberts, Jon   +12 more
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Early Canadian Icebreakers [PDF]

open access: yes, 1963
Reminisces on icebreaking vessels used in charting the Hudson Bay route prior to World War I. Several were sold to the Russians for war service in arctic waters, and one, the Earl Grey, subsequently became well known as the Fedor ...
Fraser, R.J.
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Response of IACS URI Ship Structures to Real-time Full-scale Operational Ice Loads [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Moving ice loads can incite significantly different structural responses in a steel grillage structure than can stationary ice loads. This is significant because the accepted standard for the design and analysis of ice-classed ship structures is to ...
Daley, Claude   +2 more
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Risk Management in the Arctic Offshore: Wicked Problems Require New Paradigms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Recent project-management literature and high-profile disasters—the financial crisis, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the Fukushima nuclear accident—illustrate the flaws of traditional risk models for complex projects.
Haley, Sharman, Kaempf, Mandy
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Incorporating intelligence-led policing in integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations in British Columbia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
British Columbia shares a southern maritime border with Washington State that bisects the Gulf Islands from the San Juan Islands. The RCMP is responsible for the maritime border security between ports of entry.

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