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Author: Coen, Ross
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In 1969, an icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned by Humble Oil to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the logistical and economic feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. Proposed as an alternative to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan successfully navigated the Northwest Passage--closing a five-hundred-year chapter of Arctic exploration by becoming the first commercial vessel to do so--the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using icebreaking ships.Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.

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Title Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil: The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan Through the Northwest Passage
Author Ross Coen
Binding Paperback
Edition First American E
Pages 215
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks
Publication date 2012
ISBN 9781602231696 / 1602231699
Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
Category Transportation
Library of Congress subjects Northwest Passage, Tankers - United States - History
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011033205
Dewey Decimal Code 387.245

About the author

Ross Coen works at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he oversees a program of rural energy development jointly sponsored by the Tanana Chiefs Conference. He also teaches at the university and has published numerous articles on Alaska and arctic history in the Northern Review, Alaska Magazine, Alaska History, and other publications.

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