ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF THE ARCTIC SEA TRANSPORTATION BY USING SHIP ICE TRANSIT SIMULATION

• Main Authors: Janne Valkonen, Kaj Riska
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Tive
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.658.4064; http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/pdfaccess.ashx?PDFSource%3D13%26ResourceID%3D7623133

Arctic sea transportation has drawn a lot of attention in the recent years. The possibility of using a shorter route between Europe and Asia interests many actors in the shipping indus-try. Benefits from the shorter route may, at first, seem attrac-tive. However, there might be factors affecting the...