Analysis of the impact of Arctic environment conditions on the psychophysical status of navigators and the safety of ice navigation  

作　　者：Vadim K.Goncharov Angelika E.Chugaeva Elena S.Kviatkovskaia Ekaterina S.Zueva 

机构地区：[1]Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University,Saint Petersburg 190121,Russia

出　　处：《Transportation Safety and Environment》2024年第4期133-139,共7页交通安全与环境(英文)

基　　金：supported by the Key R&D Programme of China(Project No.2020YFE0202600);partially funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation as part of the World-Class Research Center Programme:Advanced Digital Technologies(Contract No.075-15-2022-312)dated 20 April 2022.

摘　　要：The Arctic is a specific geographical region whose environment affects any person staying and working there,so it demands research on the practice of ice navigation.The most difficult period of navigation is the winter to spring time,when Arctic seas are covered by an ice cover.Ice navigation is always associated with many difficulties for a ship’s crew,not only because of the geographical location of the water area but also because the climatic and environmental conditions impact their mental and physical state.These conditions,namely the length of the polar night and day,the extreme frosts,the maximum number of foggy days and the duration of the ice period on all the tracks of the cargo ships along the North Sea Route,were selected and analysed as the dominant factors that impact on crew members.The analysis was performed on the basis of the‘Matrix of Arctic Impacts’,which summarizes data about the level of the selected factors in the local water areas along the North Sea Route and provides data on the local water areas with the most impacts of Arctic environment factors on the psychophysical status of crew members.In these water areas,accidents caused by the‘human factor’are most likely to occur.Therefore,special studies of the Arctic environment’s impact on navigators is required in order to improve the safety of ice navigation.

关 键 词：ARCTIC environment ice FROST FOG visibility polar night and day navigation crew member accident human factor 

分 类 号：P73[天文地球—海洋科学]