• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.210-226
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• 2013

Ever since the Arctic region has opened its mysterious passage to mankind, continuous attempts to take advantage of its fastest route across the region has been made. The Arctic region is still covered by thick ice and thus finding a feasible navigating route is essential for an economical voyage. To find the optimal route, it is necessary to establish an efficient transit model that enables us to simulate every possible route in advance. In this work, an enhanced algorithm to determine the optimal route in the Arctic region is introduced. A transit model based on the simulated sea ice and environmental data numerically modeled in the Arctic is developed. By integrating the simulated data into a transit model, further applications such as route simulation, cost estimation or hindcast can be easily performed. An interactive simulation system that determines the optimal Arctic route using the transit model is developed. The simulation of optimal routes is carried out and the validity of the results is discussed.

• 한국연안방재학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2017

The Arctic region remains surrounded by sea ice during most of the period of the year. In the Arctic Ocean the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has been used as an important route for shipping. The arctic sea ice is decreasing since 1979; hence needs to be monitored. In this research work sea ice concentration in the recent years and sea ice concentration anomalies of few months with long term sea ice concentration are studied. The climatology of long term ice concentration data from various satellites, and the recent sea ice concentration data from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) were used. The results show that sea ice concentration and sea ice extent in the Arctic region decreased by around 5% from 2015 to 2016, but in 2017 increased again in smaller amount in some areas like around Novaya Zemlya, and parts of the sea in between Greenland and Longyearbyen, and around Banks Island. The percentages of sea ice area in NSR for July 7 in 2015 to 2017 were 37%, 39% and 33%, respectively, indicating a large area (around ten thousand $km^2$) become ice free in 2017 compared to the previous year.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.1044-1048
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• 2015

Recently, the viability of the Northern Sea Route has been receiving a remarkable amount of attention. Owing to global warming, glaciers in the Arctic Ocean have been melting rapidly, which has opened up navigation routes for ships with commercial as well as research purposes. At present, vessels can be economically operated along the Northern Sea Route four months of the year. However, studies have shown that the economical operating time may increase to six months by 2020 and year-round by 2030. Even though the conditions of the Northern Sea Route are extreme, the main reason for its use is that the route is shorter than the existing route using the Suez Canal, which provides an economic benefit. In addition, 25% of the world's oil reserves and 30% of its natural gas are stored in the coastal areas of the East Siberian Arctic region. Many factors are leading to the expectation of commercial navigation using the Northern Sea Route in the near future. To satisfy future demand, the International Maritime Organization established the Polar Code in order to ensure navigation safety in polar waters; this is expected to enter into force on January 1, 2017. According to the code, a ship needs to reduce its speed and analyze the ice for safe operation before entering into it. It is necessary to enter an ice field at a right angle to break the ice safely and efficiently. This study examined the operation along the course for safe navigation of the passage under several conditions. The results will provide guidelines for traffic officers who will operate ships in the Arctic Ocean.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2010년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.137-138
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• 2010

최근 지구온난화 영향 등으로 인하여 북극해의 해빙이 가속화 되고 있어 북극항로의 상용화가 예상보다 빨라질 전망이다. 하절기 북극해의 얼음 면적은 1979년 위성관측이 개시된 이래 약 40%정도로 줄었다. 북극항로가 상업적으로 이용되기 위해서는 경제성 문제 이전에 북극항로 중 일부가 특정국가 배타적으로 사용하는 문제가 해결되어야 하며, 다음으로 선박운항 기술적 요인으로서 부빙들이 움직이고 있는 기후조건에 맞는 특수선박의 건조가 필요하며 또한 이들 선박을 북극해에서 운항할 수 있는 선원들의 교육 프로그램의 이수 외에도 관련 연안국과의 협력으로 국제적인 공인이 이루어져야 할 것이다. 그 밖에 북극항로 정보시스템개발에 대해서도 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권43호
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• pp.29-55
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• 2018

Arctic sea ice has been retreating as a result of the global warming. Arctic sea ice extent for April 2018 averaged 13.71 million square kilometers. This figure shows far less sea ice compared to the average extent from 1981 to 2010. Meanwhile, 287 times of maritime transits through the Northwest Passage have been made during the 2017 and the first ship traversed the Northern Sea Route without the assistant of ice-breaker in August 2017. Commercialization of the Arctic Passage means significant economic and strategic advantages by shortening the distance. In this article, 'Arctic Passage' means Northern Sea Route along the Arctic coast of Russia and Northwest Passage crossing Canadian Arctic Ocean. As climate changes, the potential feasibility of the Arctic Passage has been drawing international attention. Since navigation in this area remains hazardous in some aspects, IMO adopted Polar Code to promote safe, secure and sustainable shipping through the Arctic Passage. Futhermore, Russia and Canada regulate foreign vessels over the maritime zones with the authority to unilaterally exercise jurisdiction pursuant to the Article 234 of UNCLOS. The dispute over the navigation regime of the arctic passage materialized with Russia proclaimed Dmitrii Laptev and Sannikov Straits as historically belong to U.S.S.R. in the mid 1960s and Canada declared that the waters of the passage are historic internal waters in 1973 for the first time. So as to support their claims, In 1985, Russia and Canada established straight baseline including Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage. The United States has consistently protested that the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage are straits used for international navigation which are subject to the regime of transit passage. Firstly, it seems that Russia and Canada do not meet the basic requirements for acquiring a historic title. Secondly, since the Law of the Sea had adopted before the establishment of straight baseline over the Russian Arctic Archipelago and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Ships can exercise at least the right of innocent passage. Lastly, Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage have fulfilled the both geographical and functional criteria pertaining to the strait used for international navigation under the international law. Especially, should the arctic passage become commercially viable, it can be expected to accumulate the functional criterion. Russia and Canada regulate the ships navigate in their maritime zones by adopting the higher degree of an environmental standard than generally accepted international rules and standard mainly under the Article 234 of UNCLOS. However, the Article 234 must be interpreted restrictively as this contains constraint on the freedom of navigation. Thus, it is reasonable to consider that the Article 234 is limited only to the EEZ of coastal states. Therefore, ships navigating in the Arctic Passage with the legal status of the territorial sea and the international straits under the law of the sea have the right of innocent passage and transit passage as usual.

• Strategy21
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• 통권30호
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• pp.200-235
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• 2012

Over the past few years, due to the climate change of the earth, the Arctic's sea ice cover is undergoing a historic transformation - thinning, extent reduction in all seasons, and mitigation in the area of multi-year ice in the central Arctic Ocean. These changes allow for increases in maritime access throughout the Arctic Ocean and for potential longer seasons of navigation and possibly transarctic voyage in the summer. These changes also allow more exploration for oil, gas, and other minerals. The Arctic is now an archetype of the complex, multi-dimensional global problems of the twenty-first century. Military security, environmental security, and economic security interact. The potentially enormous economic stakes, sufficient to change the strategic balance among the states of the region, set off competitive pressures for national advantage. Korea, which is heavily dependent upon the sea lane in terms of transportation of its exports and imports, is very much interested in the Arctic sea routes. Korea believes that the Artic sea route, particularly the Northern Sea Route (NSR), could serve as a new useful sea lane, which will enable shorter times between East Asia and Europe, thus resulting in substantial cost saving for ship operators. In addition to shipping, Korea is interested in other Arctic-related maritime industries. Korea, as a leading shipbuilder in the global market, is interested in building ice breakers, drill ships, and other vessels which can contribute to safe operation in Arctic resource development and exploration. Korea, as one of the future stakeholders in Arctic maritime activities, should be ready to foster international cooperation in the region.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2004

A dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model with 50-km spatial and 24-hour temporal resolution is used to investigate the spatial and long-term temporal variability of the sea ice cover the Arctic Basin. The model satisfactorily reproduces the averaged main characteristics of the sea ice and the sea ice extent in the Arctic Basin and its decrease in early 1990th. At times model allows to suppose partial recovery of sea ice cover in the last years of twenty century. The employment of explicit form for description of ridging gives opportunity to assume that the observed thinning is the result of reduction the intensity of ridging processes and to estimate long-term variability of probability the ridge free navigation in the different parts of the Arctic Ocean including the North Sea Route area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2010

There is increasing consensus that global warming is seriously affecting the Arctic region. Sea Ice decreases and sea level rise have led to environmental change in Arctic Ecosystems, while also making the Arctic sea route more accessible to humans. There are complicated international governance dynamics in play, in addition to commercial and scientific interests in the Arctic region. This provides a unique opportunity for Korea to lead the future direction of Arctic policy in response to the global issues such as climate change and economic or scientific interests. Korea acquired Ad-hoc Observer status of the Arctic Council(AC) in 2008, which is the only pan-Arctic intergovernmental organization. It consists of six working groups: ACAP, AMAP, CAFF, PAME, EPPR, SDWG that implement research, survey, and monitoring. AC's Observer country has the opportunity to participate in a diverse range of activities such technical and expertise support, research and monitoring, financial support and conference organization. In order for Korea to expand its activities in the Arctic region, we suggest the following approach: First, Korea should become more actively engaged with the Arctic Council and its activities; Second, Korea should construct organized collaborative networks of national experts to respond to Arctic issues; Third, Korea should develop collaborations with Arctic states; Finally, Korea should intensify its research on international relations and international laws related to the Arctic region.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2013년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.69-70
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• 2013

기후변화에 관한 정부간 패널 (IPCC)에 따르면, 북극의 해빙(Sea-ice) 면적은 1978년 위성관측 이래 매년 2.7%씩 감소하고 있다. 이와 같은 해빙 감소는 북극항로에 대한 관심으로 이어져 경제적인 이익을 기대하고 있다. 북동항로(Northen Sea Rout)를 이용하게 되면 기존 수에즈운하이용 경로보다 약 37% 정도 거리가 단축된다. 또한 북극에는 지구부존자원 중 천연가스의 30%과 석유의 13%가 매장되어있다고 추정된다. 우리나라는 2013년 5월 북극개발의 주도권을 가진 북극이사회 (Arctic Council)에서 정식 옵저버 자격을 획득함으로써 북극해 진출의 교두보를 마련했으며, 2030년에는 쇄빙선 없이 북극항로를 이용할 수 있을 것이라도 예상되므로 북극해 항로 개척을 통한 물류비 절감 및 자원개발의 필요성은 점점 커지고 있는 상황이다. 한국해양과학기술원에서는 북극 항로 및 자원탐사 지원을 위한 북극 해양환경정보시스템 구축을 위한 기획과제를 수행 중에 있다. 이번 발표에서는, 위성기반으로 항행안전지원을 위한 시스템 설계를 위한 초기 단계로 개념 설계의 결과를 소개하고자 한다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2015

지구 온난화로 인해 북극해에 얼음이 빠르게 해빙되어 상업적 운항이 진행되고 있다. 극한의 조건에서도 북극해 항로를 개척하는 이유는 기존 항로보다 운항거리 단축되어 경제적으로 이익을 가지고 오기 때문이다. 이에 국제해사기구(IMO)에서는 북극해 항로를 안전하게 운항하기 위해 극지운항선박 안전기준(Polar Code)이 제정하였다. 본 연구에서는 북극해 안전 운항을 위해 항해사가 반드시 알아야 하는 얼음의 종류 및 극지운항선박 안전기준에 대해 설명하였다. 그리고 북극해를 운항하는 통항선의 안전 운항에 대한 이론적 지식을 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다. 그 결과 안전 운항을 위해서 통항선들은 얼음 진입 전 감속을 통해 얼음을 분석하고 얼음을 안전하고 효율적으로 쇄빙하기 위해 직각으로 진입해야 함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 얼음에 진입 후 항로(lead)운항에 대하여 시뮬레이션을 실시한 결과 변침이 곤란하여 전방의 통항선에 대한 긴급상황 대처 훈련이 필요한 것으로 판단된다. 향후 다양한 조건의 시나리오를 통해 면밀한 분석이 필요할 것으로 본다.