Can monitoring maritime activities in the European High Arctic by satellite-based Automatic Identification System enhance polar search and rescue?

Aase, Johnny Grøneng; Jabour, Julia

doi:10.1080/2154896x.2015.1068534

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“…With respect to RO-SARS, the assets deployed will not be crewed but will be operated by an onshore team or operators on board motherships. SAR remote controllers will be required to exercise command skills and make tough decisions in a SAR value chain (Aase and Jabour 2015 ), but without having the benefit of at-sea situational awareness. Because irreparable consequences could occur by any failure of remote controllers on a real-time basis to understand, direct and cooperate with people and ships in distress and other SAR units, it is imperative that remote controllers are appropriately qualified according to generally accepted training standards (Schmied et al 2017 ).…”

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“…5.2 . For this to function effectively, RO-SARS will likely rely on a combination of multitier and hybrid satellites and terrestrial communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-ashore data exchange (Aase and Jabour 2015 ). This combination will allow remote controllers to perform remote SAR operations (Fig.…”

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Unmanned Remotely Operated Search and Rescue Ships in the Canadian Arctic: Exploring the Opportunities, Risk Dimensions and Governance Implications

Yoo

Goerlandt

Chircop

2020

Springer Polar Sciences

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This chapter is a proactive risk exploration of hypothetical remotely operated search and rescue (SAR) ships in the Canadian Arctic. The harsh and remote environment in the region, combined with complicated coastlines and many uncharted or poorly charted traffic routes, makes it one of the most challenging SAR areas. Canada has committed itself to safety, environmental protection and sovereign presence in the area by maintaining joint SAR centres of federal government departments and mobilizing private volunteers. The characteristics of Canadian SAR response in the Arctic rest with its high dependency on heavy equipment such as aircraft, helicopters and icebreakers, entailing prolonged hours of response time. As recent climate change impacts and maritime traffic increase in the northern waters disclose safety gaps, innovation in SAR assets is anticipated. The safety gaps may be filled by state-of-the-art remote control technology. This chapter discusses remotely operated unmanned ships for SAR response, exploring their opportunities, risk dimensions and governance implications.

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Section: Risk Dimensions Of Ro-sars In the Canadian Arcticmentioning

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Unmanned Remotely Operated Search and Rescue Ships in the Canadian Arctic: Exploring the Opportunities, Risk Dimensions and Governance Implications

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Goerlandt

Chircop

2020

Springer Polar Sciences

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“…Improving communication technologies, such as satellite phones, will enhance communication between vessels. While we acknowledge the importance of ICT in support of safety, which has been the focus of previous research [77], our paper concentrates on AECO's in-house ICT management tools and their use in collective action to address risks associated with environmental degradation and crowding.…”

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The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Managing High Arctic Tourism Sites: A Collective Action Perspective

2017

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Sustainable management of nature-based tourism sites is a pertinent issue in vulnerable Arctic environments. Arctic tourism operators often act collectively to protect their common interests of ensuring the sustainability of tourism sites. Nowadays, information and communication technology (ICT) is increasingly used to support these collaborative efforts, but the remoteness and risks associated with Arctic tourism operations challenge the success of such collective action. This study explores the use of ICT as a management tool for Arctic tourism sites to ensure their sustained quality. Drawing on a case study of an expedition cruise operators' network in Svalbard, we explore how the use of ICT affects collective action and sustainable management of tourism sites. Our findings show that, through increased noticeability, the creation of artificial proximity and the development of new management practices, ICT can help to overcome the challenges for collective action that are posed by the Arctic environment. The use of ICT results in changes in a network's relational and normative structures, which can as much add to as detract from the success of collective action. Our study indicates that the successful application of ICT depends on a high level of social capital, in particular norms, to guide interactions between ICT and network actors.

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“…to understand and respond to both threats and impacts. As modernization and expansion of vessel traffic occurs (Table 1), there are opportunities to improve safety situations through automatic vessel monitoring (e.g., Aase andJabour 2015, Felski et al 2015), but also opportunities for understanding and responding to environmental threats, which is the topic of the present review.…”

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“…Continued.Citations are examples specifically focused on conservation applications; those focused on improvement of AIS data for navigation alone as part of the Maritime Domain Awareness literature are not included (for example, see:Aase and Jabour 2015;Felski et al 2015).Some data removed from the overall AIS stream to address a specific question.Includes use of external data to populate fields (e.g., vessel dimensions).…”

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Conservation science and policy applications of the marine vessel Automatic Identification System (AIS)—a review

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Silber²,

Adams³

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The continued development of maritime transportation around the world, and increased recognition of the direct and indirect impacts of vessel activities to marine resources, has prompted interest in better understanding vessel operations and their effects on the environment. Such an understanding has been facilitated by Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), a mandatory vessel communication and navigational safety system that was adopted by the International Maritime Organization in 2000 for use in collision avoidance, coastal surveillance, and traffic management. AIS is an effective tool for accomplishing navigational safety goals, and by doing so, can provide critical pre-emptive maritime safety benefits, but also provides a data opportunity with which to understand and help mitigate the impacts of maritime traffic on the marine environment and wildlife. However, AIS was not designed with research or conservation planning in mind, leading to significant challenges in fully benefiting from use of the data for these purposes. We review present experiences using AIS data for strategic conservation applications, and then focus on efforts to ensure archived and real-time AIS data for key variables reflect the best available science (of known limitations and biases). We finish with a suite of recommendations for users of the data and for policy makers. Maritime vessel activities around the globe have frequently resulted in conservation impacts to wildlife; directly impacting individuals or groups of animals through disturbance, fatal strikes, and introduction of pathogens; or impacting habitats through anchoring (especially on corals), introduction of invasive species, air emissions, noise, and fuel spills (e.g.,

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Can monitoring maritime activities in the European High Arctic by satellite-based Automatic Identification System enhance polar search and rescue?

Cited by 15 publications

References 4 publications

Unmanned Remotely Operated Search and Rescue Ships in the Canadian Arctic: Exploring the Opportunities, Risk Dimensions and Governance Implications

Unmanned Remotely Operated Search and Rescue Ships in the Canadian Arctic: Exploring the Opportunities, Risk Dimensions and Governance Implications

The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Managing High Arctic Tourism Sites: A Collective Action Perspective

Conservation science and policy applications of the marine vessel Automatic Identification System (AIS)—a review

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