The Northern Sea Route as a Shipping Lane : Expectations and Reality /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pastusiak, Tadeusz. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I. The Northern Sea Route in global shipping and history
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. A brief history of navigation on the Northern Sea Route
  • PART II. Environmental conditions – bathymetry, climate and hydrology
  • Chapter 3. Environmental conditions affecting the use of the Northern Sea Route as a shipping lane
  • Chapter 4. Sea ice occurring on the seas of the Russian Arctic and its impact on navigating the Northern Sea Route
  • PART III: Technical conditions – vessels, infrastructure, routes and nodal points
  • Chapter 5. Technical conditions affecting the use of the Northern Sea Route as a shipping lane
  • Chapter 6. Variants of the Northern Sea Route
  • PART IV: Current and further accessibility of the Northern Sea Route –expectations and reality
  • Chapter 7. Route selection on the Northern Sea Route under continuously changing ice conditions
  • Chapter 8. The possibility of using the Northern Sea Route in the light of climate change scenarios
  • Chapter 9. Summary and conclusions. .