Far East Shipping Company - Provision of Icebreaker Services for the U.S. Antarctic Program - Russian Icebreaker KRASIN

远东航运公司-为美国南极计划提供破冰船服务-俄罗斯破冰船KRASIN

• 批准号: 0514328
• 负责人: Evgeniy Ambrosov
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: FAR EAST SHIPPING COMPANY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Contract
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-12-21 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0514328&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Far; East; Shipping; Company; Provision

Under a Memorandum of agreement the United States Coast Guard has provided ice breaking support to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). In the 2004 - 2005 Austral summer, two rather extraordinary circumstances combined: 1) The extent of fast ice in McMurdo Sound exceeded 100 nautical miles - more than double the extent ever seen before, and 2) One of the two Coast Guard vessels able to break a channel to USAP's McMurdo Station was not able to sail due to mechanical difficulties. The Coast Guard and the NSF Office of Polar Programs determined that if only one icebreaker were used, the risk to the USAP would be too great. A world-wide search for an available icebreaker was conducted. This search resulted in the charter of the Russian icebreaker, KRASIN. The KRASIN is a very capable icebreaker and the largest conventionally powered icebreaker in the Russian fleet.

根据一项协议备忘录，美国海岸警卫队向美国南极计划提供破冰支助。在2004 - 2005年的南方夏季，两种相当不寻常的情况结合在一起：1）麦克默多湾的坚冰范围超过100海里--比以往任何时候都要大一倍多，2）两艘海岸警卫队船只中的一艘能够打破通往美国海军陆战队麦默多站的航道，但由于机械故障而无法航行。美国海岸警卫队和国家科学基金会极地项目办公室认为，如果只使用一艘破冰船，对USAP来说风险太大。在世界范围内寻找可用的破冰船。这次搜索导致了俄罗斯破冰船KRASIN的包租。KRASIN是一艘非常强大的破冰船，也是俄罗斯舰队中最大的常规动力破冰船。