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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Stability of Vessels in an Ice-free Arctic [PDF]
TransNav, 2020 One consequence of the declining ice cover in the Arctic is increased areas of open seas. These new open sea areas lead to some challenging aspects related to ship stability.
KÁre Johansen +2 more
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Design of electrical system to guarantee safety of small polar cruise ship after casualty
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 ObjectivesIn order to solve problems such as bad weather conditions, remote routes, long rescue time and no suitable port of call for rescue supplies, which are unique to polar routes and not conducive to personnel safety, this paper presents a design ...
Yan CUI, Yajuan GU
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Novel pole-sitter mission concepts for continuous polar remote sensing [PDF]
, 2012 The pole-sitter concept is a solution to the poor temporal resolution of polar observations from highly inclined, low Earth orbits and the poor high latitude coverage from geostationary orbit.
Ceriotti, Matteo +2 more
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Detection for ship by dual-polarization imaging radiometer
Optics Express, 2021 Passive millimeter wave (PMMW) imagers are increasingly becoming practical sensor candidates for target detection tasks. This paper is devoted to the ship detection by land-based W band passive polarized imager. The radiation characteristics of sky, sea surface and the atmospheric absorption characteristics of sea area near Qingdao are calculated based
Jinlong Su +4 more
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Numerical simulation of ice resistance of ship turning in level ice zone considering fluid effects
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2020 Objectives When polar ships sailing in polar regions, extremely complex ice resistance not only poses structural threats to ships, but also poses new challenges for ship maneuverability, especially when the ship is turning in a level ice zone.
NI Baoyu +3 more
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Polar Research Support Tools: Citizen Science Development Through The Ship-Based Tourism Industry
Российская Арктика, 2021 This article is focused to demonstrate development of citizen science projects in the Arctic and Antarctica through the ship-based tourism industry support.
Astafurova A.
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Polar vessel hullform design based on the multi-objective optimization NSGA II
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2017 [Objectives] With the increasing exploitation of the Arctic abundant oil and gas resources, a large number of ships which meet the polar navigational requirements are needed.[Methods] In this paper, the fast elitist Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic ...
DUAN Fei +4 more
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Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism [PDF]
, 2011 The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored.
Amelung, B. +7 more
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Analysis of a Collision-Energy-Based Method for the Prediction of Ice Loading on Ships
Applied Sciences, 2019 Ships designed for operation in Polar waters must be approved in accordance with the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Sabina Idrissova +3 more
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