Breaking ice for Arctic oil : the epic voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage / Ross Coen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coen, Ross Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manhattan (Tanker).

Petroleum--Transportation--Alaska.

Petroleum.

Manhattan (Tanker)--History.

Tankers--United States--History.

Tankers.

History.

Petroleum--Transportation.

Northwest Passage.

Oil fields--Alaska.

Oil fields.

Alaska.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 215 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2012]

Summary:

In the late 1960s, the tanker SS Manhattan, on a mission to explore the possibility of an ocean route to transport crude oil, was the first commercial ocean vessel to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage in the North American Arctic. Coen (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) offers anecdotes about ship personnel and details on operational aspects of the ship's two voyages, and sheds light on Alaskan oil politics, technological risks involved in oil transport, and the geopolitical outcome of policy implications regarding protection of the arctic marine environment. The book includes b&w and color historical photos. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index.

ISBN:

9781602231696

1602231699

9781602231702

1602231702

OCLC:

747712949