Arctic Shield 2013: Recovery of Spilled Oil in Ice Technology Evaluation (CD-ROM)

• Main Author: Tripp, Scot T
• Other Authors: COAST GUARD NEW LONDON CT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Water Pollution and Control; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *OIL SPILLS; *RECOVERY; *SEA ICE; *TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; CHUKCHI SEA; COAST GUARD; DRONES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARINE TRANSPORTATION; OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT; RESPONSE; SHIPPING; TANKER SHIPS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ARCTIC SHIELD OPERATION; AUV(AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES); BRUSH SKIMMERS; BSEE; CRUISE SHIPS; ERMA(ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION); MULTIMEDIA(CD-ROM); NOAA(NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION); NORTH SLOPE; OIL IN ICE; OIL RECOVERY; OIL TANKERS; PUMA; RDC(RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER); ROV(REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES); UAS(UNMANNED AVIATION SYSTEMS); Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ice; north slope; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADM002375; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADM002375

ELECTRONIC FILE CHARACTERISTICS: 1 file; video file (.WMV). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 CD-ROM; 4 3/4 in.; 445 MB. ABSTRACT: The U.S. Coast Guard has an increasing demand to ensure the safety, security, and stewardship of the nation's Arctic waters. Environmental changes and economic incentives are driving a transformation of maritime activity in the Arctic region, including future resource (development) in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, foreign tankers that transit through the Bering Strait and Sea using the northern sea routes, and adventure cruises pressing even further into the Arctic. In order to meet this demand, the Coast Guard deploys to waters off northern Alaska as part of District 17's Operation Arctic Shield. The yearly Arctic Shield operational exercises are part of an on-going effort to strengthen Federal and regional maritime partnerships in the Arctic Ocean and to ensure that the Coast Guard can respond appropriately when facing the unique needs and challenges of the region. The Coast Guard's Research and Development Center participated in Arctic Shield 2013 with the goal to build on the Center's previous efforts investigating oil-recovery-in-ice capabilities and identifying technologies and techniques with the potential to improve spill response effectiveness in Arctic ice. In 2013, the Coast Guard RDC successfully examined small unmanned aviation systems, an oleophilic brush-skimmer, an autonomous underwater vehicle, a remotely operated underwater vehicle, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration computer based Environmental Response Management Application. Please note that these were evaluations of technology categories and not specific manufacturer performance evaluations. This video is a summary of that technology evaluation. Video; running time, 19:07.