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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, 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. The Manhattan 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.--pub. Desc. 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. Ross Coen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-204) And Index.

Who reads Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil : The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan Through the Northwest Passage?

Author

Coen, Ross Allen

Publisher

University of Alaska Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781602231702

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Business, Social Science

Rating

3.88 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14