ICEWATCH-real-time sea ice monitoring of the Northern Sea Route using satellite radar technology

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.M. Johannessen ◽  
S. Sandven ◽  
L.H. Pettersson ◽  
K. Kloster ◽  
T. Hamre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Satellite Radar

The Northern Sea Route, 1996

Polar Record ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (187) ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
Lawson W. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Arctic Shipping ◽  
International Attention ◽  
Arctic Coast ◽  
Satellite Radar ◽  
Venture Company ◽  
Joint Venture Company

AbstractDuring 1996, Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) continued to attract international attention. While overall tonnage carried along the NSR declined to approximately two million tonnes, more operations in the Russian maritime Arctic involved foreign flag ships. Ships of Arctic Shipping Services, a Russian-Finnish joint venture company, delivered fuel supplies to ports along the length of the Russian Arctic coast. Twenty-four polar and sub-Arctic icebreakers remained in the Russian fleet as of 1 January 1996. Notable research results of the International NSR Programme, published in 1996during year three of this international effort, provided additional insights into the potential commercial aspects of the NSR as an international waterway. Demonstration projects were also conducted in the Russian Arctic during winter 1996, using satellite radar technology for sea-ice monitoring.

Near-real-time sea ice monitoring in the northern sea route using ERS-1 sar and DMSP SSM/I microwave data

1996 ◽  
Vol 38 (4-8) ◽  
pp. 457-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.M. Johannessen ◽  
S. Sandven ◽  
L.H. Pettersson ◽  
M. Miles ◽  
K. Kloster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Microwave Data

Investigations of past climate and sea-ice variability in the fjord area by Station Nord, eastern North Greenland

1969 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen ◽  
Sofia Ribeiro ◽  
Naja Mikkelsen ◽  
Audrey Limoges ◽  
Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Outer Part ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Field Work ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Fjord System ◽  
Sea Bottom ◽  
Satellite Radar ◽  
North Greenland

The marine record of the Independence–Danmark fjord system extending out to the Wandel Hav in eastern North Greenland (Fig. 1A) is little known due to the almost perennial sea-ice cover, which makes the region inaccessible for research vessels (Nørgaard-Pedersen et al. 2008), and only a few depth measurements have been conducted in the area. In 2015, the Villum Research Station, a new logistic base for scientific investigations, was opened at Station Nord. In contrast to the early exploration of the region, it is now possible to observe and track the seasonal character and changes of ice in the fjord system and the Arctic Ocean through remote sensing by satellite radar systems. Satellite data going back to the early 1980s show that the outer part of the Independence–Danmark fjord system is characterised by perennial sea ice whereas both the southern part of the fjord system and an area 20–30 km west of Station Nord are partly ice free during late summer (Fig. 1B). Hence, marine-orientated field work can be conducted from the sea ice using snow mobiles, and by drilling through the ice to reach the underlying water and sea bottom.

scholarly journals Near Real Time Arctic sea ice thickness and volume from CryoSat-2

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Tilling ◽  
A. Ridout ◽  
A. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice ◽  
Arctic Climate ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
Satellite Orbits ◽  
Sea Ice Thickness ◽  
Arctic Sea ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice Thickness

Abstract. Timely observations of sea ice thickness help us to understand Arctic climate, and can support maritime activities in the Polar Regions. Although it is possible to calculate Arctic sea ice thickness using measurements acquired by CryoSat-2, the latency of the final release dataset is typically one month, due to the time required to determine precise satellite orbits. We use a new fast delivery CryoSat-2 dataset based on preliminary orbits to compute Arctic sea ice thickness in near real time (NRT), and analyse this data for one sea ice growth season from October 2014 to April 2015. We show that this NRT sea ice thickness product is of comparable accuracy to that produced using the final release CryoSat-2 data, with an average thickness difference of 5 cm, demonstrating that the satellite orbit is not a critical factor in determining sea ice freeboard. In addition, the CryoSat-2 fast delivery product also provides measurements of Arctic sea ice thickness within three days of acquisition by the satellite, and a measurement is delivered, on average, within 10, 7 and 6 km of each location in the Arctic every 2, 14 and 28 days respectively. The CryoSat-2 NRT sea ice thickness dataset provides an additional constraint for seasonal predictions of Arctic climate change, and will allow industries such as tourism and transport to navigate the polar oceans with safety and care.

Discovery of the wreck of the Soviet steamer Chelyuskin on the bed of the Chukchi Sea

Polar Record ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Barr
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Chukchi Sea ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Pacific

In 1933, the steamer Chelyuskin sailed from Murmansk, east bound to attempt a transit of the Northern Sea Route to the Pacific, in order to demonstrate that such a transit could be achieved in one season. The vessel became beset in heavy ice in the Chukchi Sea, and after drifting with the ice for over two months, was crushed and sank on 13 February 1934. Apart from one fatality, her entire complement of 104 people was able to establish a camp on the sea ice. The Soviet government organised an impressive aerial evacuation, under which all were rescued. Following several unsuccessful attempts, the wreck was located on the bed of the Chukchi Sea by a Russian expedition, Chelyuskin-70, in mid-September 2006. Two small components of the ship's superstructure were recovered by divers and were sent to the ship's builders, Burmeister and Wein of Copenhagen, for identification.

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