User of High-Resolution Ice Thickness Charts

Easiest way to find the best possible route for merchant vessels in ice; thus saving time and fuel costs. Most useful data for our purposes. Use of Polar View data onboard icebreakers has sped up ice navigation and increased security. Reliability and quality of routine ice charts by FIMR has also increased by use of more SAR data. Satellite data has replaced ice reconnaissance flights by icebreaker-based helicopters. Earlier at least two helicopters we use onboard icebreaker – today none.