Focus: Arctic Surveying

Surveying in the Arctic has its particular challenges however it’s important looking at aspects as increased shipping, environmental research, significance for oil & gas, together with the challenging circumstances to work. However, for surveying and navigating Hydro International has collected content throughout the years.

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Every month we will focus on a specific theme, featuring a selection of articles which have previously been published in Hydro International magazine. to present a complete recap of the subject. If you don't want to miss these themed recaps, sign up for the newsletter (sign up here).

Surveying Arctic

The Pull of the Poles

The Pull of the Poles

The 2015 April issue of Hydro International considered the contribution of Forward-looking Sonar (FLS) to safer navigation in inadequately charted waters. Certain polar waters...

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Surveying Arctic

A Challenge in the Arctic

A Challenge in the Arctic

In 1997, the Russian Federation (RF) ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and started the explorations intended to specify the outer limit of the continenta...

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Autonomous Drifting Echo-sounding Buoys

Autonomous Drifting Echo-sounding Buoys

Drifting echo-sounding buoys will soon provide bathymetric control in inaccessible areas of the oceans. The SSPARR (Seafloor Soundings in Polar and Remote Regions) buoy project hol...

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Ice Navigation and the ­Electronic Age

Ice Navigation and the ­Electronic Age

Ice navigation is more of an art than a science, and like most arts, does not fit neatly into any scheme for enhancement by electronic means. It is an art learned in theory at navi...

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