EDITION 12 FOR 2018. SAILING DIRECTIONS (PLANNING GUIDE) ARCTIC OCEAN NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the authority of Department of Defense. Sailing Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) are intended to assist mariners in planning ocean passages and to eliminate duplication by consolidating useful information about all the countries adjacent to a particular ocean basin in one volume. Planning Guide publications are compiled and structured in the alphabetical order of countries contained within the region covered by each publication. Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and port approach information which supplements the largest scale chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas called "Sectors.." THE ARCTIC OCEAN CANADA GREENLAND ICELAND NORWAY RUSSIA

EDITION 10 FOR 2014. SAILING DIRECTIONS 180 (PLANNING GUIDE) ARCTIC OCEAN NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Sailing Directions (Planning Guides) include relevant physical, political, industrial, navigational and regulatory information about the countries adjacent to a particular ocean basin in a single volume. SAILING DIRECTIONS are prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (NGA). UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SAILING DIRECTIONS, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. Sailing Directions include detailed coastal and port approach information which supplements the largest scale chart. PLANNING GUIDES are; SAILING DIRECTIONS (PLANNING GUIDES) include relevant physical, political, industrial, navigational and regulatory information about the countries adjacent to a particular ocean basin in a single volume 102 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 120 PACIFIC OCEAN & SOUTHEAST ASIA 140 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN & ADJACENT SEAS 160 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN &INDIAN OCEAN 180 ARCTIC OCEAN 200 ANTARCTICA ENROUTE GUIDES; 102 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 120 PACIFIC OCEAN & SOUTHEAST ASIA 123 SOUTHWEST AFRICA 124 EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA 125 WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA 126 PACIFIC ISLANDS 127 EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 131 WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN 132 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 140 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN & ADJACENT SEAS 141 SCOTLAND 142 IRELAND AND THE WEST COAST OF ENGLAND 143 WEST COAST OF EUROPE & NORTHWEST AFRICA 145 NOVA SCOTIA & THE ST LAWRENCE 146 NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR & HUDSON BAY 147 CARIBBEAN SEA VOLUME 1 148 CARIBBEAN SEA VOLUME 2 150 WORLD PORT INDEX 151 DISTANCE BETWEEN PORTS 153 WEST COASTS OF MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA 154 BRITISH COLUMBIA 155 EAST RUSSIA 157 KOREA & CHINA 158 JAPAN 1 159 JAPAN 2 160 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN &INDIAN OCEAN 161 SOUTH CHINA SEA & THAILAND 162 PHILLIPINE ISLANDS 163 BORNEO, JAWA, SULAWESI, & NUSA TENGGARA 171 EAST AFRICA & THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN 172 RED SEA & PERSIAN GULF 173 INDIA & BAY OF BENGAL 174 STRAIT OF MALACCA & SUMATERA 175 NORTH, WEST & SOUTH COASTS OF AUSTRALIA 180 ARCTIC OCEAN 181 GREENLAND & ICELAND 182 NORTH & WEST COASTS OF NORWAY 183 NORTH COAST OF RUSSIA 191 ENGLISH CHANNEL 192 NORTH SEA 193 SKAGERRAK & KATTEGAT 194 BALTIC SEA (SOUTHERN PART) 195 GULF OF FINLAND & GULF OF BOTHNIA 200 ANTARCTICA

Sailing Directions 182 (Enroute) covers the north and west coasts of Norway from Kristiansand, across the coast of the Norwegian Sea, to the Barents Sea at Vardo. It is issued for use in conjunction with Sailing Directions 180 (Planning Guide) Arctic Ocean. The companion volumes are Sailing Directions 181 and 183.

This book explains vessels’ ability to overcome ice on the Northern Sea Route, as well as the criteria of safe speed and maneuvering of vessels on ice. It provides a successful long-term forecast of ice navigation and reveals the dangers of sailing on the Northern Sea Route, It includes tips on how to plan and schedule voyages in the Russian Arctic. The book develops a set of suggested routes for the period of opening and closing of the transit ice-free zone through the NSR based on the last eleven navigation seasons. It presents a method for determining the date for beginning a voyage of a vessel without ice strengthening through the NSR. It also develops a model of initial (long-term) and operational decision-making support system for vessel voyage planning and scheduling. The main audience for the book are officers at operational and management level of competency, people planning voyages on the Northern Sea Route in the office of ship operator and in chartering department or consulting company, and participants of Ice Navigator IMO Model Courses at basic and advanced level of competency.