Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Satellites guide ships in icy waters through the cloud

07-11-2017 03:30 PM CET


In late August, the 60 m-long US Coast Guard Cutter Maple completed its navigation through the Arctic's ice-ridden Northwest Passage. While this was not the first time ships had taken this route, it was the first time that the International Ice Patrol had provided iceberg information based exclusively on satellite imagery.

 

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