Offshore is Onshore: Scalability, Synchronization, and Speed of Decision in Arctic SAR
With its massive size, small population, and extreme climate, the Arctic is a highly relevant case for studying Search and Rescue (SAR) in remote and challenging environments. Climate change leads to increased shipping, tourism, and oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, creating new risks that need...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:01fabae6e8e649c2b1fa3b4af6ecf006 2023-05-15T14:43:51+02:00 Offshore is Onshore: Scalability, Synchronization, and Speed of Decision in Arctic SAR Rasmus Dahlberg Morten Thanning Vendelø Birgitte Refslund Sørensen Kristian Cedervall Lauta 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.52 https://doaj.org/article/01fabae6e8e649c2b1fa3b4af6ecf006 EN eng Scandinavian Military Studies https://sjms.nu/articles/52 https://doaj.org/toc/2596-3856 2596-3856 doi:10.31374/sjms.52 https://doaj.org/article/01fabae6e8e649c2b1fa3b4af6ecf006 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2020) arctic coordination distributed sensemaking emergency management search and rescue Military Science U article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.52 2022-12-31T09:51:36Z With its massive size, small population, and extreme climate, the Arctic is a highly relevant case for studying Search and Rescue (SAR) in remote and challenging environments. Climate change leads to increased shipping, tourism, and oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, creating new risks that need to be mitigated. The three major challenges to Arctic SAR are: (i) limited SAR capabilities, (ii) a multi-jurisdictional context with multiple Danish/Greenlandic and civilian/military authorities involved, and (iii) the need for coordination of a diverse set of organizational units operating both onshore and offshore. We use the case of a large-scale SAR exercise, LIVEX 2016, held off the west coast of Greenland, to explore these challenges from a three-tier analytical approach: 'Scalability', which investigates surge capacity in crisis management, 'Synchronization', which focuses on challenges related to the creation and maintenance of a situational picture during a SAR operation, and 'Speed of decision', which looks at how complex matters are managed in a multi-jurisdictional context under time pressure. Our findings show: (i) that surge capacity requires more focus on integration than activation, (ii), that actors must question information and challenge their own interpretations to maintain a synchronized situational awareness, and (iii) that urgency may result in a decrease of speed in decision-making. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Greenland greenlandic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Greenland Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies 3 1 157 168 |
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With its massive size, small population, and extreme climate, the Arctic is a highly relevant case for studying Search and Rescue (SAR) in remote and challenging environments. Climate change leads to increased shipping, tourism, and oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, creating new risks that need to be mitigated. The three major challenges to Arctic SAR are: (i) limited SAR capabilities, (ii) a multi-jurisdictional context with multiple Danish/Greenlandic and civilian/military authorities involved, and (iii) the need for coordination of a diverse set of organizational units operating both onshore and offshore. We use the case of a large-scale SAR exercise, LIVEX 2016, held off the west coast of Greenland, to explore these challenges from a three-tier analytical approach: 'Scalability', which investigates surge capacity in crisis management, 'Synchronization', which focuses on challenges related to the creation and maintenance of a situational picture during a SAR operation, and 'Speed of decision', which looks at how complex matters are managed in a multi-jurisdictional context under time pressure. Our findings show: (i) that surge capacity requires more focus on integration than activation, (ii), that actors must question information and challenge their own interpretations to maintain a synchronized situational awareness, and (iii) that urgency may result in a decrease of speed in decision-making. |
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Offshore is Onshore: Scalability, Synchronization, and Speed of Decision in Arctic SAR |
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Offshore is Onshore: Scalability, Synchronization, and Speed of Decision in Arctic SAR |
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