The rapidly changing Arctic and its societal implications

JD Ford, T Pearce, IV Canosa… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is undergoing rapid climate change and is projected to experience the most
warming this century of any world region. We review the societal aspects of these current …

Arctic shipping risk management: A bibliometric analysis and a systematic review of risk influencing factors of navigational accidents

S Fu, F Goerlandt, Y Xi - Safety science, 2021 - Elsevier
With the diminishing extents of Arctic sea ice, Arctic shipping becomes increasingly attractive
for the shipping industry. Voyages along Arctic sea routes have seen a significant increase …

Development of a search and rescue framework for maritime freight shipping in the Arctic

L Benz, C Münch, E Hartmann - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, Arctic routes have been receiving increasing attention, as they offer a
solution to capacity bottlenecks on the most frequented routes, such as the Suez Canal …

An integrated risk assessment model for safe Arctic navigation

C Zhang, D Zhang, M Zhang, X Lang, W Mao - … Research Part A: Policy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Safety is always the first concern for a ship's navigation in the Arctic. Ships navigating in the
Arctic may face two main accident scenarios, ie, getting stuck in the ice and ship-ice …

A decision support model for ship navigation in Arctic waters based on dynamic risk assessment

Z Li, C Yao, X Zhu, G Gao, S Hu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As countries increasingly operate commercially on Arctic routes, safe and efficient
navigation in the complex Arctic waters becomes a key issue. For this reason, proposed …

Arctic shipping guidance from the CMIP6 ensemble on operational and infrastructural timescales

X Li, SR Stephenson, AH Lynch, MA Goldstein… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
The expectation of a seasonally ice-free Arctic by mid-century has sparked economic and
geopolitical interest in potential Arctic opportunities and risks. But substantial sea ice …

Mapping vessel traffic patterns in the ice-covered waters of the Pacific Arctic

K Kapsar, G Gunn, L Brigham, J Liu - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Recent climate change has caused declines in ice coverage which have lengthened the
open water season in the Arctic and increased access to resources and shipping routes …

[HTML][HTML] A general method to combine environmental and life-safety consequences of Arctic ship accidents

T Browne, R Taylor, B Veitch, I Helle, T Parviainen… - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Risk aggregation is the process of combining multiple individual risks to develop a better
understanding of the overall risk on a system. Different risks can have different …

A new evaluation approach to control maritime transportation accidents: A study case at the Straits of Malacca

RM Hanafiah, NS Zainon, NH Karim… - Case studies on …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Strait of Malacca (SOM) has a high vessel traffic density, making it a bustling
region with a significant risk of accidents. The safety of navigation will be jeopardised as …

[HTML][HTML] On the data-driven investigation of factors affecting the need for icebreaker assistance in ice-covered waters

C Liu, K Kulkarni, M Suominen, P Kujala… - Cold Regions Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Merchant vessels often require icebreaker (IB) assistance to create safe pathways and
improve efficiency when navigating in the Baltic Sea. Since IB resources are limited, an …