The Story of Offshore Arctic Engineering [1 ed.] 9781527520547, 9781527518162

In the early 1970s, new technology was needed to aid in coal, oil and gas exploration in the High Arctic, in order to se

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The Story of Offshore Arctic Engineering



The Story of Offshore Arctic Engineering By

Dan Masterson

The Story of Offshore Arctic Engineering By Dan Masterson This book first published 2019 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2019 by Dan Masterson All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-1816-7 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-1816-2

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