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Spring breakup and fall freeze-up in the Beaufort Sea present unique oil spill response challenges that are often addressed in theoretical terms. The literature, in fact, has repeated over the years a basis for selecting countermeasures that might not reflect actual field conditions. Unfortunately, this approach will not likely assist those tasked with planning and implementing a response operation. More helpful decision factors are proposed that focus on the issues that require clarification and the options that need to be very quickly considered. To this end, insights are provided into oil and ice conditions, spill containment and oil removal. This information should not only allow more practical and effective decisions to be made by first responders but may also result in applied research in the future that answers some much needed questions.
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Solsberg, L. (2008). Countermeasures for the Beaufort Transition Season. In: Davidson, W.F., Lee, K., Cogswell, A. (eds) Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8565-9_13
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