TECHNOLOGY
New Alaska Navigational Chart Makes Increased Arctic Shipping Safer
Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Kotzebue Harbor chart replaces measurements last taken in 19th century NOAA formally presented to Alaska officials a new nautical chart for Kotzebue Sound in the Alaskan Arctic, a sparsely charted region that is seeing increased vessel traffic because of the significant loss of summer sea ice. The new chart depicts the full range of...



