Breaking ice for Arctic oil [[electronic resource] ] : the epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage / / Ross Coen

• Autore: Coen Ross Allen
• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 387.2/45
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum - Transportation - Alaska; Tankers - United States - History; Oil fields - Alaska
• Soggetto geografico: Northwest Passage
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Breaking ice for Arctic oil
• ISBN: 1-60223-170-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451855803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II