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10 Options for Acquiring New Polar Icebreaking Services
10 Options for Acquiring New Polar Icebreaking Services
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Coast Guard missions in the Arctic; and new polar icebreaker services -- acceptably crewed and op- • Assured access to ice-covered seas independent of erated ships -- could be accomplished through a number of ice conditions. acquisition options or a combination of these options.
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For example, a foreign government-owned icebreaker of the POLAR SEA is crucial to having polar icebreaker crew would be selected and trained by the foreign govern- capability for the next several years while the nation takes ment. A commercial operator would flag the ship and hire action for the long term, should it choose to do so.
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Coast Guard Missions in KRASIN is more powerful than the HEALY (30,000 horsethe Arctic power) , but significantly less powerful than the POLAR SEA Options to address U.S.
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and in- ates, through the U.S. Coast Guard, the current fleet of two creased icebreaking capacity to support the scientific com- operational polar icebreakers, the POLAR SEA and the munity.
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The first new polar icebreaker could operate in the Arctic Coast Guard polar ship, the POLAR SEA, as the interim during the "shoulder seasons" between March and June and capability, with the POLAR STAR in layup (at the pier in September and December. This ship could provide a patrol Seattle)
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If the POLAR SEA is out of service for a full year be- Examples include the Canadian icebreaker fleet, the German fore the first newly constructed ship is available, the U.S. research icebreaker POLARSTERN, and the Japanese iceCoast Guard and the NSF would have to provide some alter- breaker SHIRASE.
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Ship Renewal and Transition Schedule YEARS 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Coast Guard Ships POLAR In In Layup SEA Upgrade Upgrade Decom Service Service Emergency Backup (Option mission $40M $30M 1) POLAR In Service Layup SEA Upgrade Decom Enhanced Maintenance Program Emergency Backup (Option mission $30M 2)
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U.S. polar icebreakers in service decreased from eight POLARSTERN.
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Coast Guard ship acquisitions: The large crews on the Polar class ships result primarily the new high-endurance patrol cutter, larger and more ca from a complex, 1960s-era gas turbine and diesel electric pable with a crew of 108, will replace older vessels with engineering plant that requires a large number of man-hours crews of 167; and the new large Great Lakes icebreaker will under way for routine maintenance, repair, and monitoring. service heavy aids to navigation in addition to winter Although the engineering control and monitoring system was icebreaking, with a crew of 54 versus 75 for her predecessor.
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By 1965, all icebreaker operations were assumed by the • No major weapon systems installed, but capable of Canadian Coast Guard, which uses civilian government em carrying small arms and machine guns; and ployees to operate its vessels. Canadian icebreakers assist with • Crewmembers would be U.S.
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assist other vessels beset or hindered by ice conditions, but it Coast Guard standards. would lack the authority to order vessel movements or en While under way, the U.S.
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model may be problematic to transfer to the role of an ice- Coast Guard and commercial models examined in this analybreaker operating independently in the Arctic, where the sis are of the same magnitude.
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