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Author: Capt. Jeffrey D. Hartman USCG (ret) Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467131083 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
The Arctic is a place of great challenges and great rewards. A century ago, it was whale oil; today, it is motor oil. The increasing open water in the warmer months is attracting cruise ships to tour the Arctic. Significant offshore oil and natural gas deposits are of great interest to an oil-dependent economy. But the history of the Arctic is full of surprises for the unwary and the unprepared, despite native peoples having managed to live there for thousands of years. Oil spills or maritime emergencies can--and do--arise a long way off from assistance. Legendary Arctic storms are, if anything, becoming more intense and dangerous. All this is in an area inaccessible by roads or by sea except for icebreakers the majority of the year. It is of extreme interest to the US Coast Guard, charged with protecting seafarers, enforcing laws, and facilitating commerce.
Author: Capt. Jeffrey D. Hartman USCG (ret) Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467131083 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
The Arctic is a place of great challenges and great rewards. A century ago, it was whale oil; today, it is motor oil. The increasing open water in the warmer months is attracting cruise ships to tour the Arctic. Significant offshore oil and natural gas deposits are of great interest to an oil-dependent economy. But the history of the Arctic is full of surprises for the unwary and the unprepared, despite native peoples having managed to live there for thousands of years. Oil spills or maritime emergencies can--and do--arise a long way off from assistance. Legendary Arctic storms are, if anything, becoming more intense and dangerous. All this is in an area inaccessible by roads or by sea except for icebreakers the majority of the year. It is of extreme interest to the US Coast Guard, charged with protecting seafarers, enforcing laws, and facilitating commerce.
Author: Jeffrey D. Hartman Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions ISBN: 9781531675806 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
The Arctic is a place of great challenges and great rewards. A century ago, it was whale oil; today, it is motor oil. The increasing open water in the warmer months is attracting cruise ships to tour the Arctic. Significant offshore oil and natural gas deposits are of great interest to an oil-dependent economy. But the history of the Arctic is full of surprises for the unwary and the unprepared, despite native peoples having managed to live there for thousands of years. Oil spills or maritime emergencies can--and do--arise a long way off from assistance. Legendary Arctic storms are, if anything, becoming more intense and dangerous. All this is in an area inaccessible by roads or by sea except for icebreakers the majority of the year. It is of extreme interest to the US Coast Guard, charged with protecting seafarers, enforcing laws, and facilitating commerce.
Author: Spike Walker Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312199937 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
Hair-raising accounts of survival by the author of "Working on the Edge". "Grab-you-by-the-throat, rip-snorting tales of disaster on furious high seas".--"Kirkus Reviews".
Author: Michael Collier Publisher: Alaska Natural History Association ISBN: 9780930931230 Category : Glaciers Languages : en Pages : 140
Book Description
Ice once covered most of North America. Today, Alaska, with its approximately 100,000 glaciers, is a living example of its profound influence - the state's rugged landscape is a textbook of glacial activity, and geologist and photographer Michael Collier guides you through its pages. In the company of scientists studying this ancient ice, he approaches the great sleeping beasts on foot (crampons snugly strapped on), from a kayak (rocking gently in an icefall's wake), and from the air (through the window of a small plane). Follow him across the tricky terrain of glacial terms and geologic time - it's a journey well worth taking.
Author: Ross Coen Publisher: University of Alaska Press ISBN: 1602231699 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 249
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In 1969, an icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned by Humble Oil to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the logistical and economic feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. Proposed as an alternative to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan successfully navigated the Northwest Passage—closing a five-hundred-year chapter of Arctic exploration by becoming the first commercial vessel to do so—the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using icebreaking ships. Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.
Author: Spike Walker Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0312156111 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
Fishing off the treacherous sub-zero Alaskan coastline is one of the most harrowing and dangerous jobs in the world. Spike Walker, author of "Working on the Edge", brings the terror to life in these tales of men who live at the edge of survival. Through roaring waves, stories-high swells, and the constant onslaught of ice, the seamen in these stories battle nature's violent unpredictability.
Author: Richard Leo Publisher: ISBN: 9781570610615 Category : Alaska Languages : en Pages : 0
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Alaska's Susitna Valley, bordering Denali National Park, is a bitterly cold and wild place in winter, a riotous jungle in summer, and teeming year round with big game and small. In this vibrant account, Leo describes life over the last 15 years with his family on a Susitna Valley homestead, accessible only by dogsled or foot. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Capt. Jeffrey D. Hartman USCG (ret)
Author: Capt. Jeffrey D. Hartman USCG (ret)
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