G02196 Arctic Marine Transportation Program 1979-1986 Richard Voelker Arctic Marine Transportation Program 1979-1986 2010-07-25 Boulder, Colorado USA NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org/data/g02196.html http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5V40S44 Investigator Richard P. Voelker richard.voelker@marad.dot.gov

US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration

USA Technical Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 x 1 303 492-2468 x

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Depth/Thickness EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Floes EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Temperature EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Types EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Salinity EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Ice Depth/Thickness EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Ice Floes EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Ice Temperature EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Ice Types EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Salinity EARTH SCIENCE Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration Oceans Transportation Arctic Ocean Ice Breaker ICE BREAKERS Ocean Ocean Water Salinity POLAR POLAR 1979-01-01 1986-12-31 complete 54 90 -180 180 OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN BEAUFORT SEA OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN CHUKCHI SEA OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN BERING SEA English NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org Data Center Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA NSIDC_NOAA NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://nsidc.org/noaa/ Data Center Contact NSIDC NOAA User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA FTP 362 MB PDF FTP 656 KB JPEG Brigham, Lawson, and Ellis, Ben. Arctic Marine Transport Workshop, held at Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, 28-20 September 2004, Cambridge, UK. Retrieved June 21, 2010 at http://www.arctic.gov/publications/arctic_marine_transport.pdf. Garret, R., Rinehart, V., & Voelker, R. Conclusions from the First Marine Transit to Point Barrow in Winter 1981 (by USCGC Polar Sea) Offshore Technology Conference, 3-6 May 1982, Houston, Texas.

The purpose of this program was to collect data relevant to developing year-round transportation capabilities in the Arctic Ocean. The US Maritime Administration sponsored this multi-year program to define environmental conditions in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas; to obtain data to improve design criteria for ice-worthy ships and offshore structures; and to demonstrate the operational feasibility of commercial icebreaking ships along possible future Arctic marine routes. The research was performed using the US Coast Guard Polar Star and Polar Sea ice-class ships, which were at the time the world's most powerful non-nuclear icebreakers and the only US ships capable of mid-winter Arctic operations. The items in this data set are PDFs of Arctic Marine Transportation reports with embedded data, along with a PDF of the Achievement Record Brochure (Achievement_Record_1979_1984_Brochure.pdf), and JPEG images providing a historical context of the program. The 15 JPEG images and a PDF of accompanying captions (G02196_images_captions.pdf) are located in the images directory. The PDF reports, an Executive Summary (Executive_Summary_Arctic_Marine_Transportation_Program.pdf), and the Appendix to the Executive Summary (Executive_Summary_Arctic_Marine_Transportation_Program_Appendix_A_List_of_Reports.pdf) are located in the Arctic_Marine_Transportation_Reports directory. Note that page 33 of the Executive Summary is missing. The Appendix to the Executive Summary contains an index of reports included in this data set. This index lists 64 reports; however, out of these 64, the following reports were never included and their location is unknown: 1, 4, 36, 37, 60, 61, and 62. Also note that reports 35 and 44 come in two parts. The data cover the years 1979 to 1986 and were collected from ships in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. Data are available via FTP. This data is being provided as is. NOAA@NSIDC believes these data to be of value, but is unable to provide documentation. If you have information about this data set that others would find useful, please contact <mailto:nsidc@nsidc.org>NSIDC User Services.

VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://www.arctic.gov/publications/arctic_marine_transport.pdf Arctic Marine Transport Workshop 28-30 September 2004 Summary VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://www.arctic.gov/publications/arctic_marine_transport.pdf Arctic MarineTransport Workshop28-30 September 2004 Summary VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1984.tb01826.x Arctic Trafficability Program: A Review VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1984.tb01826.x Voelker, Richard 1984. Arctic Trafficability Program - A Review. Naval Engineers Journal 96(3) CEOS IDN DIF 9.7 2010-07-25 2013-03-12 Added DOI to metadata record