caa a22 4500 388025115 CHVBK 20180307124935.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199807 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0032247400025687 doi S0032247400025687 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0032247400025687 Brigham Lawson W. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER The Northern Sea Route, 1997 [Elektronische Daten] [Lawson W. Brigham] 1997 was an important year for Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) in terms of foreign interest. The first full transits of the NSR by western merchant ships were made. The International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP) continued into phase 2 of its research projects, and planning proceeded for a European Union-sponsored demonstration voyage to the Ob' River. The nuclear icebreaker Arktika returned to Arctic operations, while two icebreakers were removed from polar service. Information about the NSR became more widely available with the distribution of an English translation of a navigation guide. Winter operations continued in the Kara Sea, albeit reduced, and a limited number of summer voyages to Russian Arctic ports originated from the Pacific rim. RADARS AT synthetic aperture radar images of sea ice along the NSR were used for the first time during several demonstration voyages. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Polar Record Cambridge University Press 34/190(1998-07), 219-224 0032-2474 34:190<219 1998 34 POL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400025687 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400025687 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Brigham Lawson W. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Polar Record Cambridge University Press 34/190(1998-07), 219-224 0032-2474 34:190<219 1998 34 POL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 387732322 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge