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The future of sustainable polar ship-based tourism
Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2023 Over the last couple of decades, polar tourism has significantly grown in the number of visitors and diversified in terms of the tourism activities offered. The COVID-19 pandemic brought polar tourism to a halt and has prompted researchers, operators and
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Ellipse Polar Encoding for Oriented SAR Ship Detection
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingShip detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images using deep neural networks often relies on horizontal bounding box, which fail to capture ship orientation and aspect ratio accurately.
Jun Liu, Lin Liu, Jiarong Xiao
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A Study on the Correlation between Ship Movement Characteristics and Ice Conditions in Polar Waters
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 The opening of arctic routes provides a new option for international navigation ships. The correlation between ship movement characteristics and ice conditions should be known, which will help ships adapt to the polar waters. Based on the voyage data and
Liang Chen, Changhai Huang, Yanhao Wang
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 The effective assessment of risk and speed limitations in ice are critical for the route planning of polar cruise ships. While the Polar Operational Limit Assessment Risk Indexing System (POLARIS) is widely used to evaluate the operational risk in ice ...
Yan Huang +3 more
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Calculation Methods of Icebreaking Capability for a Double-Acting Polar Ship
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 As a key parameter, icebreaking capability is often used to judge whether a polar ship could navigate in level ice at a certain speed. This paper presents two methods to calculate icebreaking capability.
Li Zhou +4 more
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Learning Polar Encodings for Arbitrary-Oriented Ship Detection in SAR Images [PDF]
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 Common horizontal bounding box-based methods are not capable of accurately locating slender ship targets with arbitrary orientations in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.
Yishan He +5 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringA strong nonlinear ice load has a significant impact on the resistance and power demand of polar transport ships under different drafts in brash ice channels.
Jinlong Zhang +4 more
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Implementation of the Polar Code: Functional Requirements Regulating Ship Operations in Polar Waters
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2020 In 2017, the The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) – a set of function-based regulations applicable to Arctic and Antarctic waters, with the goal of increasing awareness and improving safety for ship operations in polar ...
Espen Engtrø +2 more
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Potential benefits of climate change on navigation in the northern sea route by 2050 [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClimate change has been inducing a continuous increase in temperatures within the Arctic region, consequently leading to an escalation in the rates of Arctic ice depletion. These changes have profound implications for navigation along the Arctic Northern
Mohamed Rami Mahmoud +2 more
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Study on power matching of podded propulsor for polar ships
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2021 ObjectiveTo enhance the pertinence and applicability of polar ships with podded propulsion design, the power matching problem should be researched.MethodsBased on the overseas classification rules of ice classes and the results of ship investigation, the
Yan HUANG +4 more
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