Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019
Climate change is strongly impacting the Arctic environment, leading to rapid sea ice loss. In some sectors, the retreating ice edge is perceived as an opportunity to expand and develop economic activities. Previous studies show this development in the Canadian and Russian Arctic. This paper examine...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/19618 2023-05-15T14:26:46+02:00 Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 Stocker, Alexandra N. Renner, Angelika Knol-Kauffman, Maaike 2020-10-12 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19618 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74064-2 eng eng Nature Research Scientific Reports info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/257630/Norway/ARCtic Marine Resources under Climate Change: Environmental, Socio-Economic Perspectives and Governance/ARC-Change/ Stocker, Renner AHH, Knol-Kauffman M. Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019. Scientific Reports. 2020;10:1-12 FRIDAID 1839438 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74064-2 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19618 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74064-2 2021-06-25T17:57:44Z Climate change is strongly impacting the Arctic environment, leading to rapid sea ice loss. In some sectors, the retreating ice edge is perceived as an opportunity to expand and develop economic activities. Previous studies show this development in the Canadian and Russian Arctic. This paper examines mobility patterns of cruise ships and fishing vessels around Svalbard, a major hotspot of maritime activity and retreating sea ice cover, in relation to sea ice variability between August 2012 and September 2019. The results show a slight overall increase in fisheries and cruise activity, as well as remarkable trends of stretching operational seasons and expanding navigational areas in these sectors. Overall increasing activity and changing mobility patterns provoke a discussion about the implications for safe navigation and sustainable management, thus raising issues of high pan-Arctic relevance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Sea ice Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Svalbard Scientific Reports 10 1 |
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Climate change is strongly impacting the Arctic environment, leading to rapid sea ice loss. In some sectors, the retreating ice edge is perceived as an opportunity to expand and develop economic activities. Previous studies show this development in the Canadian and Russian Arctic. This paper examines mobility patterns of cruise ships and fishing vessels around Svalbard, a major hotspot of maritime activity and retreating sea ice cover, in relation to sea ice variability between August 2012 and September 2019. The results show a slight overall increase in fisheries and cruise activity, as well as remarkable trends of stretching operational seasons and expanding navigational areas in these sectors. Overall increasing activity and changing mobility patterns provoke a discussion about the implications for safe navigation and sustainable management, thus raising issues of high pan-Arctic relevance. |
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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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sea ice variability and maritime activity around svalbard in the period 2012–2019 |
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Scientific Reports info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/257630/Norway/ARCtic Marine Resources under Climate Change: Environmental, Socio-Economic Perspectives and Governance/ARC-Change/ Stocker, Renner AHH, Knol-Kauffman M. Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019. Scientific Reports. 2020;10:1-12 FRIDAID 1839438 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74064-2 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19618 |
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