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SEISMIC RESEARCH AND ITS COURSE WILL BE CONSTRAINED BY 

 THE ICE-PACK. WE EXPECT IT TO REACH AS FAR AS 600 

 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH -NORTHWEST OF ALASKA OVER THE 

 CHUKCHI CAP. 



IN THE 1993 TIMEFRAME. WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE USE OP THE 

 POLAR STAR WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A TRANSIT OF THE ARCTIC 

 OCEAN, THROUGH THE NORTH POLE. IN THE COMPANY OF THE CANADIAN 

 ICE-BREAKER, LOUIS ST. LAURENT. THE PROPOSED TRACK FOR THESE 

 SHIPS WILL BEGIN AT BARROW, ALASKA, ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 20, 

 1993, AND END AT TROMSO, NORWAY, ABOUT SEPTEMBER 26, 1993. THE 

 U.S. COAST GUARD, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE U.S. NATIONAL 

 OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, THE CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL 

 SURVEY AND THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARE 

 INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. 



A MAJOR GAP IN THE PROPOSED 1992-93 SAMPLING PROGRAMS LIES 

 BETWEEN THE KARA AND CHUKCHI SEAS, PARTICULARLY ALONG RUSSIA'S 

 ARCTIC COASTLINE. CONDUCT OF THE RESEARCH IN THIS AREA, 

 APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE, IS PROBABLY 

 MOST COST EFFECTIVE IF CARRIED OUT PREDOMINATELY BY RUSSIAN 

 SCIENTISTS ABOARD RUSSIAN SHIPS, INCLUDING ICEBREAKERS. IN 

 THIS CONNECTION, THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE FORMER WEAPONS 

 SCIENTISTS PRESENTS ITSELF. 



