ICE TRIALS OF KV SVALBARD

摘要

The project of a new icebreaking coast guard vessel in Norway was initiated in the beginning of last decade, in August 1993 by the Royal Norwegian Navy Material Command. The vessel is operating as a multifunction platform and can be operated in several different ways like: 1. Enforcement of Sovereignty 2. Fishery Inspection 3. Search and Rescue 4. Environment Protection 5. Support Tasks 6. Research and Expeditions The vessel is the only specially designed and built for heavy ice operation in the Norwegian Navy and also is the biggest vessel in the entire fleet. During the project phase ice model tests were carried out at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Arctic Research Centre (MARC) in 1997 and finally, after the delivery of the vessel, full scale ice tests were performed in the Spitsbergen area in May 2002.