Triumph of Technology Over Geography - Unlocking the Siberian Maritime Icebox

The tremendous size of the Siberian land mass, its system of northward leading waterways, and its frozen Arctic coast have historically posed insurmountable geographic barriers to unlocking the region's vast natural economic wealth. Rercognizing the necessity of transportation systems as a prer...

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Main Author: Egan,Dennis M
Other Authors: NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1987
Subjects:
Logistics
Military Facilities and Supplies
*MARINE TRANSPORTATION
*ARCTIC REGIONS
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
BARRIERS
GEOGRAPHY
TRANSPORTATION
USSR
COASTAL REGIONS
FREEZING
NATURAL RESOURCES
SIBERIA
RAILROADS
MILITARY GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMICS
Economic geography
Arctic
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA183921
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA183921
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Summary:The tremendous size of the Siberian land mass, its system of northward leading waterways, and its frozen Arctic coast have historically posed insurmountable geographic barriers to unlocking the region's vast natural economic wealth. Rercognizing the necessity of transportation systems as a prerequisite for the achievement of development as well as for communication and defence, this paper describes specialized Soviet transportation system components which have been matched to their environment and tied together into a comprehensive national transportation system, effectively unlocking the Siberian maritime icebox. Soviet success in this endeavor has geo-strategic ramifications which are noted in the Conclusions of the paper. Recommendations are offered to U.S. and Canadian readers. Contents: Natural Resources and Increasing Siberian Importance; Siberian Transportation Systems and Their Components.

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