Flights in the high
Arctic latitudes are affected by proximity of the Earth's magnetic pole and,
thus, a large amount of magnetic declination
MURMANSK, August 3.
/TASS/. Crews of the Northern Fleet’s Ilushin Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft
surveyed the ice situation in the Arctic Ocean to lay out sea routes, the
Fleet’s press service said on Friday.
"The pilots flew
over the Barents, Kara and Laptev Seas, carrying out aerial reconnaissance of
the ice fields," the press service said. "The obtained data will be
used for more accurate laying out of routes in the Arctic zone, including for
civil ships."
The Fleet’s two
aircraft carried out the task, the press service added.
Flights in the high
Arctic latitudes are affected by proximity of the Earth's magnetic pole and,
thus, a large amount of magnetic declination. During the magnetic anomalies and
magnetic storms radio waves become unstable. This impairs radio communications
and limits use of on-board radio equipment.
Besides, flights over
the Arctic are complicated by unstable weather conditions, monotony of the area
with a small number of visual and radio landmarks.
"During such
flights, pilots increase significantly the flight training level," the
press service noted.
Earlier in the year,
the "Atomflot" Company (nuclear fleet) reported a complicated ice
situation in the Arctic. Due to the thick ice nuclear icebreakers extended the
winter-spring navigation by almost a month. Summer navigation has just began at
the Northern Sea Route for both Russian and foreign ships.
Source: ITAR-TASS
06-08-2018
