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Ice Navigation
21 February 2019

Ice Navigation
1. Ice is of direct concern to the navigator because it restricts his movements.

2. It affects his dead reckoning by forcing frequent changes of course and speed.

3. It affects plotting by altering the features of landmark.

4. It hinders the establishment and maintenance of aids to navigation.

5. It affects the use of electronic equipment by affecting propagation of radio waves.

6. It produces changes in surface features and in radar images.

7. It affects celestial navigation by altering the refraction and obscuring the horizon.

8. It affects charts by introducing several plotting problems.

POLAR CODE

1. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) sub-committee on Ship Design and

Equipment (DE) is developing, along with assistance from DNV and others, a mandatory
code for ship's operating in polar waters known as the 'Polar Code'.

2. On 14th January' 2011 development of a mandatory code for ship's operating in Polar
waters was discussed.

3. Polar Code Boundaries for the Artic and Antartic were decided.

4. The Polar Code is applicable for cargo ship's of 500 GT and above and passenger ship's
operating in the Artic and Antartic areas.

5. New ship's constructed on or after 01st Jan' 2017 will need to comply with this code on
delivery.

6. Existing ship's constructed before 01st Jan' 2017 will need to comply with this
requirement by the 1st Intermediate or Renewal Survey of the Safety Construction
Certificate whichever comes after 01st Jan' 2017

7. The Code consists of (2) parts :

Part 'A' - Mandatory requirements Part 'B' - Guidelines

Part 'A' is further divided into : Part '1A' - Safety Provisions & Part ' 2A' - Environment
related Provisions

8. The Code allows cargo ship's to obtain the Polar Code Certificate without an onboard
surveyor, if no additional structural modifications is required for compliance with the Code.

9. The Code will address : a) Ship's construction standards, b) Polar safety equipment, c)
the requirements for a qualified ice navigator

Draft of the Polar Code :

1. Certification, 2. Design, 3. Equipment, 4. Operation, 5. Environmental protection,

6. Manning & Training

# Categories of Ship's operating in Polar water's :

A) Class 'A' - Operating in waters with 10% or more ice. - Ship's Type : Polar Class or
equivalent.

B) Class 'B' - Operating in waters with less than 10% ice, but which may pose a structural
risk. Ship Type : Assessment / Ice-strengthening.

C) Class 'C' - Operating in waters with 0 to 10 % ice, but which does not pose a structural
risk. Ship Type : No Ice-strengthening.

# Stability of Ice Carrier's :

1. Rise of 'g' and loss of 'GM' due to ice accretion. 2. Intact stability Code Part 'B' -
Chapter.6 3. Icing allowance should be included in the analysis of condition of loading. 4.
New damage stability Booklet in line with Solas Ch.II -1

* SOLAS Ch.5, Regulations - 5,6, 31 & 32

# Important information to be analyzed before undertaking a passage through High Latitude

areas :

1. Determine the Class of the vessel, Class 'A' Polar (Class 1-7), Class 'B', or Class 'C' and
if certified for the planned passage for the intended time of the year.

2. If the vessel is certified to pass then check sailing direction and routing charts for that
area.

3. Advise C/Eng in order to ensure heating system and required lube oil for machinery on
board.

4. Inform 3/off to check LSA & FFA procedure followed for encountering Ice. (Fire line to
be drained and valves left in open position).

5. Inform 2/off to monitor Ice reports and safety messages.

6. Chief Officer to ensure that there is sufficient warm clothing for the crew and de-icing
compound on board.

7. Refer to Polar Code with respect to Safety and Stability requirements.

8. Check if Charter Party additional requirements for this passage.

9. If required to have an ice navigator on board.

10. If it is necessary for Ice breaker to escort.

11. Person to be contacted in office if vessel requires further assistance during the transit.

12. Life-boat heating arrangements to be checked.

13. Ballast tank air-bubbling system or anti-freeze liquid to be ready.

14. Heating arrangement for accommodation to be checked and anti-freeze liquid for PV
Breaker and Deck Seal.

15. Bridge sound surveillance system to be tested.

16. Gyro or Directional Gyro to be adjusted for speed and Latitude at frequent intervals.

17. Know the ship's maneuvering characteristics in ice, go at slow speed in order to prevent
ice damage.

18. Ship's stability to be kept in mind as this causes a rise of gravity.

# Means for monitoring ice-accretion on ship's :

- There are several reasons for ice accretion, these are:

1. Spray hitting the vessel with air temperature being at least - 2 deg C

2. Fog freezing on the structure of your vessel.

3. Rain freezing on the structure of your vessel.

4.Seas entering your vessel and freezing-up.

5. Fresh water leaking or being discharged from a pipe on your vessel.

# If your vessel starts to ice-up through ice accretion then do the following :
1. Turn the vessel around and head south towards a warm climate.

2. Minimize the spray coming onto your vessel by slowing your vessel down.

3. If your vessel is listing to starboard, then take the ice off the port side first, you will give
your vessel a bigger list, but the Centre of Buoyancy (COB) will move out also and thus you
will have a higher Righting lever.

# If you encounter ice accretion on your vessel that was not issued with the shipping
forecast, you must :

1. Inform all ship's in the area,

2. Contact the Coast guard.

- Never ever take chances with ice-accretion, this can and will severely affect your vessel's
stability, vessel's have capsized because of the ANGLE OF LOLL effect that ice accretion
has on the vessel, the vessel will become top heavy as the Centre of Gravity (COG) nears /
meets centreline above the Metacentre.

( The vessel will have an UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM )

# How will you go about preparing your vessel for navigation through pack ice? What are
the basic principles of working through ice with and without ice-breaker assistance?

1. A large area of floating ice formed over a period of many years and consisting of pieces of
ice-driven together by wind, current, etc. also called as ice-pack.

2. Ice is an obstacle to any ship, even an ice-breaker, and the inexperienced navigation
officer is advised to develop a healthy respect for the latent power and strength of ice in all
its forms.

3. However, it is quite possible, and continues to be proven so far well-found ships in capable
hands to navigate successfully through ice-covered waters.

4. The first principle of successful ice-navigation is to maintain freedom of man oeuvre.

5. Once, a ship becomes trapped, the vessel goes where-ever the ice goes.

6. Ice Navigation requires great patience and can be a tiring business with or without ice-
breaker escort.

7. Experience has proven that in ice of higher concentration, four basic ship-handling rules
apply : a) Keep moving - even very slowly, but try to keep moving, b) Try to work with the
ice-movement, c) Excessive speed almost always results in ice damage, d) Know your
ship's manoeuvring characteristics.

8. Navigation in pack ice after dark should not be attempted without high-power search-
lights which can be controlled easily from the bridge.

9. In poor visibility, heave to and keep the propeller turning slowly as it is less susceptible to
ice damage than if it were completely stopped.

10. Propellers and rudders are the most vulnerable parts of the ship, ship's should go astern
in ice with extreme care - always with the rudder amid-ship.

11. All forms of glacial ice / ice-bergs, bergy bits, growlers in the pack should be given a
wide berth, as they are current driven whereas the pack is wind driven.

12. When a ship navigating independently becomes beset, it usually requires ice-breaker
assistance to free it. However, ships in ballast can sometimes free themselves by pumping
and transferring ballast from side-to-side, and it may require very little change in trim or list
to release the ship.

13. Masters who are in-experienced in ice often find it useful to employ the services of an
ice-pilot / advisor for transiting the Gulf of St. Lawrence in winter or an Ice-navigator for

voyages into the Artic in the summer.

# Master's Obligation upon sighting ice :

1. A Master should send an obligatory report made by all available means t ships in the
vicinity and to the nearest coast radio station or signal station.

2. The report should be made in english for preference or by the International Code of
Signals.

3. If sent by radiotelegraphy, the message should be preceded by the safety signal 'TTT' &
if by radiotelephony, the spoken word "SECURITE" , repeatedthree times in each case.

4. Report Contents :

a) Ship's name and Port of Registry,

b) Date and GMT of the observation,

c) Type of Ice observed,

d) Position of Ice observed,

e) Concentration and thickness, if known,

f) Icebergs, size and shapes.

Note - Consider any ice to be dangerous ice for surface navigation in the sense that if one
piece of ice is sighted in an area, there is a distant possibility of another piece and perhaps
much bigger than the one sighted. It is very easy as well as dangerous to underestimate the
size of ice. Dangerous ice can, thus, be defined as any ice that imposes risk to safe surface
navigation.

For e.g - Brash Ice is not dangerous to surface navigation. However, what may have been
within its coverage area can be Growler which may not be detectable by radar. Hence, all ice
is dangerous to surface navigation.

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