Triumph of Technology Over Geography - Unlocking the Siberian Maritime Icebox,

Abstract

The tremendous size of the Siberian land mass, its system of northward leading waterways, and its frozen Arctic coast have historically posed insurmountable geographic barriers to unlocking the region's vast natural economic wealth. Rercognizing the necessity of transportation systems as a prerequisite for the achievement of development as well as for communication and defence, this paper describes specialized Soviet transportation system components which have been matched to their environment and tied together into a comprehensive national transportation system, effectively unlocking the Siberian maritime icebox. Soviet success in this endeavor has geo-strategic ramifications which are noted in the Conclusions of the paper. Recommendations are offered to U.S. and Canadian readers. Contents: Natural Resources and Increasing Siberian Importance; Siberian Transportation Systems and Their Components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183921

Entities

People

  • Dennis M. Egan

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Boats
  • Coast Guard
  • Economic Development
  • Far East
  • Geography
  • Marine Transportation
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Shipping
  • Surface Effect Vehicles
  • Surface Transportation
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • United States
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Oceanography.
  • Strategic Security Studies