Emergency Management in Maritime Mass Rescue Operations: The Case of the High Arctic

Andreassen, Natalia; Borch, Odd Jarl; Kuznetsova, S. Yu.; Markov, Sergey V.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78425-0_20

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“…Supporting infrastructure for safe maritime activity consist of, among others, safety and emergency response capacities, and communication and information systems. While SAR capacity around Svalbard is dimensioned to assist a fishing vessel in distress 34 , the main emerging challenges are (1) to adapt to vessels with growing passenger capacity 35 (an issue that was emphasized with a cruise ship evacuation along the Norwegian coast, March 2019 36 ) and (2) to access increasingly remote areas, year-round (a challenge that was stressed after a fishing vessel ran aground in Hinlopen Strait (Fig. 1 ), December 2018 37 ).…”

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Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019

Stocker

Renner

Knol-Kauffman

2020

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Climate change is strongly impacting the Arctic environment, leading to rapid sea ice loss. In some sectors, the retreating ice edge is perceived as an opportunity to expand and develop economic activities. Previous studies show this development in the Canadian and Russian Arctic. This paper examines mobility patterns of cruise ships and fishing vessels around Svalbard, a major hotspot of maritime activity and retreating sea ice cover, in relation to sea ice variability between August 2012 and September 2019. The results show a slight overall increase in fisheries and cruise activity, as well as remarkable trends of stretching operational seasons and expanding navigational areas in these sectors. Overall increasing activity and changing mobility patterns provoke a discussion about the implications for safe navigation and sustainable management, thus raising issues of high pan-Arctic relevance.

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confidence: 99%