Polar Research Vessel - SMR Refresh Project

Science and Operational Requirements	Document Type/Size
Advancing U.S. Polar Research Through the Acquisition of a New Polar Research Icebreaker - A report from the Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight Committee, June 2006	PDF/1.43 MB
Reports and Presentations
Trip Report to Northern Europe for National Science Foundation Project, April 2003	PDF/148 KB
Feasibility-Level Design of New Generation Polar Research Vessel (PRV), May 2003	PDF/4.96 MB
Polar Research Vessel Project Review Meeting - Presented to ARVOC at MBARI, July/Aug 2003	PDF/2.52 MB
Feasibility Design Studies for the Polar Research Vessel, September 2003	PDF/1.73 MB
Overview Feasibility-Level Design Study for a Polar Research Vessel - Presented to ARVOC in Arlington, VA, November 2003	PDF/636 KB
PRV Review Meeting - presented to NSF, April 2004	PDF/127 KB
Mission Sensitivity Studies for the PRV, April 2004	PDF/2.07 MB
An Assessment of Procurement Strategies for the PRV - Presented to RPSC, June 2005	PDF/223 KB
New Generation PRV - Project Master Plans, June 2005	PDF/86 KB
Project Master Plan - Foldout 1 - Schedule for Performance Based Tech Spec	PDF/25 KB
Project Master Plan - Foldout 2 - Schedule for Performance Based Tech Spec with Guidance Drawings	PDF/28 KB
Review of Technical Studies for the PRV - Presented to ARVOC, October 2005	PDF/879 KB
PRV Deck Arrangements, August 2006	PDF/817 KB
Outline of PRV Technical Specification	DOC/630 KB
Technical Papers and Associated Presentations
Prepared for the 14th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Toulon, Franch, May 23-28, 2004.
New Generation Polar Research Vessel Project Initiated	PDF/294 KB
Presentation Slides	PDF/975 KB
Prepared for the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers ICETECH 2006 Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 16-20, 2006.
New Generation Polar Research Vessel	PDF/615 KB
Presentation Slides	PDF/1.73 MB
Newsletters - New Generation Polar Research
Issue 1 - June 2003	PDF/804 KB
Issue 2 - September 2003	PDF/971 KB
Issue 3 - September 2005	PDF/777 KB
Issue 4 - June 2006	PDF/1.35 MB
Other Documentation
Memorandum of Agreement between the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, and the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Office of Shipbuilding and Technology - February 10, 2003	PDF/202 KB