Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil: The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602231699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very original book Flavio Mesa Simon I enjoyed very much reading this book. It puts together subjects such as oil exploration, business decisions, technology, maritime challenges, project management.
Although the Manhattan successfully navigated the Northwest Passage—closing a five-hundred-year chapter of Arctic exploration by becoming the first commercial vessel to do so—the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using icebreaking ships.Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.. 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. 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
"Coen has plucked a rare gem from the dust bin of Alaska’s relatively brief but colorful petroleum history and endowed it with a fresh voice that speaks to a new generation of adherents largely unaware of its historic genesis.Prof. It’s a must read for anyone dealing with or engaged in the far-reaching implications of the overarching state, national and international issues it explores.". Coen’s book is arguably the most important book written by an Alaska author on any subject