Southern Ocean search and rescue: platforms and procedures

• Main Author: Jabour, J
• Other Authors: Dodds, K, Hemmings, AD, Roberts, P
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: search and rescue; Antarctica; Polar Code; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/24041/; https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717681

Rescue of persons in distress at sea is both a maritime tradition and a legal obligationderived from a number of specific international law conventions including the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the International Conventionfor Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention on Maritime Searchand Rescue (SAR Convention). The last prescribes a formal process for state collaborationand response to SAR emergencies to minimize costs and maximize efficiencies. Theworld is divided into SAR regions and states are obliged to cooperate in coordinatingresponses in their area of responsibility, and in helping in other regions when appropriate.This generally works well and it is not normally politicized.