The Soviet Darms,
Abstract
The Soviets have for many years been channeling substantial amounts of effort and resources into their Arctic research program. An extensive network of weather stations operate year-round along the entire arctic coastline of the Soviet Union, and seasonal observations of ice conditions are performed by a large fleet of ice-reconnaissance aircraft, by icebreakers, by ship-based helicopters, and by satellites. In addition, since 1954, the Soviets have had at least two manned drifting stations simultaneously operating in the Arctic Basin at all times. A considerable amount of data has also been gathered by the annual High Latitude Air Expeditions that have enabled Soviet scientists to make observation-oriented landings all over the Arctic Basin, especially in the otherwise inaccessible central regions. Finally, Soviet scientists have developed and deployed Drifting Automatic Radio-Meteorological Stations (DARMS) specially designed to operate and gather data in the pack-ice environment of the Arctic Basin. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0738073
Entities
People
- Serge M. Olenicoff
Organizations
- RAND Corporation