Great Lakes Demonstration 2

Abstract

This report describes the continuance of an effort by the Coast Guard in collaboration with other Federal, state, and local agencies, private industry, and international interested parties, to gain practical knowledge and field experience in the coordination and operation of equipment, and exploration of techniques applicable to the recovery of oil spills in ice-infested waters. The effort explored and demonstrated a variety of commercial oil skimmers, boom capturing, and fire cannon herding equipment in rubble and sheet ice conditions during January 2012 in the Straits of Mackinac on the Great Lakes in northern Michigan. The demonstration produced many valuable lessons learned that are applicable to ice-infested waters within the continental United States and in the Arctic waters of Alaska.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562030

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Dugery
  • Kevin R Wilson
  • Norbert E. Yankielun
  • Randy D. Sundberg

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Identification Systems
  • Bow Thrusters
  • Coast Guard
  • Containers
  • Deep Oceans
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Glaciers
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Identification Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Storage Tanks
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Software Engineering.