Breaking ice for Arctic oil : the epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage /

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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coen, Ross Allen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Manhattan (Tanker) > History.
Manhattan (Tanker)
Petroleum > Transportation > Alaska.
Tankers > United States > History.
Oil fields > Alaska.
Pétrole > Transport > Alaska.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > General.
Oil fields.
Petroleum > Transportation.
Tankers.
Northwest Passage.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du.
Alaska.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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