02615nam 2200577 a 450 991045185580332120200520144314.01-60223-170-2(CKB)2550000000101905(EBL)1820942(SSID)ssj0000645055(PQKBManifestationID)12311231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645055(PQKBWorkID)10680702(PQKB)11044602(MiAaPQ)EBC1820942(Au-PeEL)EBL1820942(CaPaEBR)ebr10556524(OCoLC)793418637(EXLCZ)99255000000010190520110822d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBreaking ice for Arctic oil[electronic resource] the epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage /Ross CoenFairbanks University of Alaska Press20121 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60223-169-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.Strike at Prudhoe Bay State no. 1 -- No cream puff -- Submarines, blimps, trains, and ships -- "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters" -- A floating laboratory -- In the passage -- Through the passage -- What did the Manhattan prove? -- Roundtrip -- Epilogue.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 PetroleumTransportationAlaskaTankersUnited StatesHistoryOil fieldsAlaskaNorthwest PassageElectronic books.PetroleumTransportationTankersHistory.Oil fields387.2/45Coen Ross Allen874536MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451855803321Breaking ice for Arctic oil1952707UNINA