Equipment and training considerations for a mass abandonment in Canadian Arctic waters

The sinking of the MV Explorer in 2008 raised many questions about a marine disaster involving the sinking of a passenger ship in frigid waters far from search and rescue assets. One of these questions was whether or not crew on board vessels operating in remote inhospitable locations such as the Ar...

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Main Author: Kearsey, Tom
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Research Council of Canada 2012
Subjects:
Arctic, mass rescue, training
Arctic
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