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Ice Management
Monitoring of Dangerous Ice
When operations involve an anchored vessel in ice-infested waters, a process should be in place that
provides continuous monitoring of dangerous ice encroaching into the safety envelop of the vessel.
Ice Observers
Fairweather, LLC can provide experienced ice observers that continuously monitor and plot ice movement in
the vicinity of the vessel using ships radar, observations from support vessels and helicopter over-flights.
When dangerous ice is detected and forecast to enter the safety envelop of the vessel, the Master of the
vessel is notified and icebreakers attempt to move or breakup the ice floe. The screen shot of the Fairweather
tracking software is shown below. Alert level range marks are shown as different colors. The software can
automatically monitor the radar and plot ice motion over a specified period.
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A combination of software and hardware can automatically monitor the radar and plot ice motion over a specified period as shown below.
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Ice Drift Forecasts
Fairweather, LLC has developed advanced algorithms for forecasting the motion of ice floes in the vicinity of anchored vessels.
These 48 hour forecasts take into consideration different floe types, ocean currents, and forecasted wind.
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