Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities
Abstract Supporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic programmes, the government entities charged with delivering their countries’ Antarctic research strategies. This requires sustained investment in people, innovative technologies, Antarctic infrastructures, an...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224742100067x 2024-09-15T17:47:37+00:00 Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities Rogan-Finnemore, Michelle Ojeda, Miguel Paz Acosta, Jorge Manuel Bretel, Patrice Browne, Nick Flått, Stig Shuoren, Wang Sliester, Randolph 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224742100067x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224742100067X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Polar Record volume 57 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224742100067x 2024-06-26T04:03:34Z Abstract Supporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic programmes, the government entities charged with delivering their countries’ Antarctic research strategies. This requires sustained investment in people, innovative technologies, Antarctic infrastructures, and vessels with icebreaking capabilities. The recent endorsement of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code (2015) means that countries must address challenges related to an ageing icebreaking vessel fleet. Many countries have recently invested in and begun, or completed, builds on new icebreaking Polar research vessels. These vessels incorporate innovative technologies to increase fuel efficiency, to reduce noise output, and to address ways to protect the Antarctic environment in their design. This paper is a result of a Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) project on new vessel builds which began in 2018. It considers the recent vessel builds of Australia’s RSV Nuyina, China’s MV Xue Long 2, France’s L’Astrolabe , Norway’s RV Kronprins Haakon, Peru’s BAP Carrasco, and the United Kingdom’s RRS Sir David Attenborough . The paper provides examples of purposeful consideration of science support requirements and environmental sustainability in vessel designs and operations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic COMNAP Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 57 |
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Abstract Supporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic programmes, the government entities charged with delivering their countries’ Antarctic research strategies. This requires sustained investment in people, innovative technologies, Antarctic infrastructures, and vessels with icebreaking capabilities. The recent endorsement of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code (2015) means that countries must address challenges related to an ageing icebreaking vessel fleet. Many countries have recently invested in and begun, or completed, builds on new icebreaking Polar research vessels. These vessels incorporate innovative technologies to increase fuel efficiency, to reduce noise output, and to address ways to protect the Antarctic environment in their design. This paper is a result of a Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) project on new vessel builds which began in 2018. It considers the recent vessel builds of Australia’s RSV Nuyina, China’s MV Xue Long 2, France’s L’Astrolabe , Norway’s RV Kronprins Haakon, Peru’s BAP Carrasco, and the United Kingdom’s RRS Sir David Attenborough . The paper provides examples of purposeful consideration of science support requirements and environmental sustainability in vessel designs and operations. |
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Rogan-Finnemore, Michelle Ojeda, Miguel Paz Acosta, Jorge Manuel Bretel, Patrice Browne, Nick Flått, Stig Shuoren, Wang Sliester, Randolph Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities |
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Rogan-Finnemore, Michelle Ojeda, Miguel Paz Acosta, Jorge Manuel Bretel, Patrice Browne, Nick Flått, Stig Shuoren, Wang Sliester, Randolph |
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Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities |
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Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities |
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Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities |
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Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities |
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icebreaking polar class research vessels: new antarctic fleet capabilities |
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