Navigation in Greenland waters

Bureau Veritas has an interest in expanding the Guidelines for ‘Ice Reinforcement Selection in Different World Navigation Areas’ to include a chapter on Greenland Waters. This report contains the chapter for the guidelines and includes: 1) typical ice conditions, 2) selection of appropriate ice clas...

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Main Authors: Tivy, Adrienne, Frederking, Robert
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Research Council of Canada 2013
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.4224/21270996
https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=b5758823-033c-4b71-88b9-e45e4fd85188
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Summary:Bureau Veritas has an interest in expanding the Guidelines for ‘Ice Reinforcement Selection in Different World Navigation Areas’ to include a chapter on Greenland Waters. This report contains the chapter for the guidelines and includes: 1) typical ice conditions, 2) selection of appropriate ice class, 3) legislation to be followed and 4) additional interesting meteorological parameters. A short supplement is included that provides further detail on source data and methods.