Polar Icebreaker roles and U.S. future needs : a preliminary assessment /

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At the request of Congress in PL 108-334, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) provided funds to the National Research Council of the National Academies to establish the Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs. The Committee's Statement of Task charges it to provide a compr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs, National Research Council (U.S.). Polar Research Board
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2005.
Temas:
Icebreakers (Ships)
Ice breaking operations > Polar regions.
Brise-glaces.
Brise-glaces > Manœuvres > Régions polaires.
icebreakers.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Ice breaking operations
Polar regions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Rationale for a Continued U.S. Icebreaking Capability
  • 3 The U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Fleet
  • 4 Potential Influences on Future Needs for Icebreakers
  • 5 Findings and Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix A Statement of Task
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

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