LEADER 02615nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910451855803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60223-170-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101905 035 $a(EBL)1820942 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645055 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12311231 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645055 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680702 035 $a(PQKB)11044602 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1820942 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1820942 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556524 035 $a(OCoLC)793418637 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101905 100 $a20110822d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBreaking ice for Arctic oil$b[electronic resource] $ethe epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage /$fRoss Coen 210 $aFairbanks $cUniversity of Alaska Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-169-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index. 327 $aStrike 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. 330 $aIn 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 606 $aPetroleum$xTransportation$zAlaska 606 $aTankers$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aOil fields$zAlaska 607 $aNorthwest Passage 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPetroleum$xTransportation 615 0$aTankers$xHistory. 615 0$aOil fields 676 $a387.2/45 700 $aCoen$b Ross Allen$0874536 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451855803321 996 $aBreaking ice for Arctic oil$91952707 997 $aUNINA