Polar Icebreaker Roles and U.S. Future Needs A Preliminary Assessment (2005) / Chapter Skim
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The Committee will provide a final report covering the full scope of its tasks and more detailed analysis in the late summer of 2006. In this interim report, the Committee describes present and expected future uses of the polar icebreakers (POLAR STAR, POLAR SEA, and HEALY)
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ICEBREAKING NEEDS IN THE ANTARCTIC The need for icebreaking in the Antarctic is primarily a result of a succession of national policy statements and Presidential Decision Directives, which assert that the United States has strategic interests in the Antarctic related to foreign policy and security, environmental protection and scientific research. The United States asserts strategic interests in Antarctica through the year-round residence of American researchers at three permanent scientific stations.
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Economic activity appears to be increasing and moving northward as a result of dramatic ice margin retreat over recent years. These economic activities involve fishing fleets, native Alaskan hunting and fishing expeditions, cruise ships, and increased interests in more northerly natural resource exploitation.
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Based on these findings, the Committee recommends: · Recommendation #3: In the short term, the required maintenance should be performed to make at least one Polar Class ship mission capable over the next 4 to 8 years. MANAGING THE NATION'S ICEBREAKING ASSETS Significant long-term maintenance of the heavy icebreakers has been deferred over the past several years.
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In the final report, the Committee will investigate the options for acquiring icebreaking capabilities, including, but not limited to, a full service life extension program for one or both existing heavy icebreaking ships, construction of one or more new ship(s) , and alternate methods of meeting identified needs (e.g., use of ice-strengthened vessels,
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The Committee will also review existing laws governing U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaking operations and present recommended changes in these laws based upon potential missions and new operating regimes that seem most promising to meet the nation's long-term icebreaking needs.
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