For the purpose of the Guidelines, unless expressly provided
otherwise, the terms used have the meanings defined in the following
paragraphs. Terms used, but not defined in the Guidelines, are to
be interpreted as they are defined in the relevant Conventions.
G-3.1
Administration means the Government
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
G–3.2
Polar waters includes
both Arctic and Antarctic waters.
G-3.3
Arctic waters means those waters
which are located north of a line extending from latitude 58º00΄.0
N, longitude 042º00΄.0 W to latitude 64°37΄.0 N,
longitude 035°27΄.0 W and thence by a rhumb line to latitude
67º03΄.9 N, longitude 026º33΄.4 W and thence by
a rhumb line to Sørkapp, Jan Mayen and by the southern shore
of Jan Mayen to the Island of Bjørnøya and thence by
a great circle line from the Island of Bjørnøya to Cap
Kanin Nos and thence by the northern shore of the Asian continent
eastward to the Bering Strait and thence from the Bering Strait westward
to latitude 60º N as far as Il’pyrskiy and following the
60th North parallel eastward as far as and including Etolin Strait
and thence by the northern shore of the North American continent as
far south as latitude 60º N and thence eastward along parallel
of latitude 60º.N, to longitude 56º37΄.1 W and thence
to the latitude 58º00΄.0 N, longitude 042º00΄.0
W (see figure 1).
G-3.4
Antarctic waters means those
waters which are south of 60° S (see figure 2).
G-3.5
Ice-covered waters means polar
waters where local ice conditions present a structural risk to a ship.
G-3.6
COLREG means the International
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended.
G-3.7
Company means the owner of
the ship or any other organization or person such as the manager,
or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for
operation of the ship from the shipowner.
G-3.8
Conning position means the
stations in which the ship’s steering control and devices for
ahead or astern operations are located.
G-3.9
Escort means any ship with
superior ice capability in transit with another ship.
G-3.10
Escorted operation means any
operation in which a ship’s movement is facilitated through
the intervention of an escort.
G-3.11
IACS means the International
Association of Classification Societies.
G-3.12
Ice Navigator means any individual
who, in addition to being qualified under the STCW Convention, is
specially trained and otherwise qualified to direct the movement of
a ship in ice-covered waters.
G-3.13
Icebreaker means any ship
whose operational profile may include escort or ice management functions,
whose powering and dimensions allow it to undertake aggressive operations
in ice-covered waters.
G-3.14
International voyages means
voyages in international waters, as defined in chapter
I of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended.
G-3.15
ISM Code
means
the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships
and for Pollution Prevention, as amended.
G-3.16
ICLL means the International
Convention on Load Lines, 1966.
G-3.17 MARPOL means the International Convention
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the
1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78),
as amended.
G-3.18
Organization means the International
Maritime Organization.
G-3.19
Polar Class means the class
assigned to a ship based upon IACS Unified Requirements.
G-3.20
Polar Class ship means a ship
for which a Polar Class has been assigned.
G-3.21
Pollutant means any substance
controlled by MARPOL which, if introduced into the sea, is liable
to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine
life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses
of the sea.
G-3.22
Recognized organization means
an organization recognized by an Administration in accordance with
IMO resolutions A.739(18) and A.789(19).
G-3.23
Ship means any vessel required
to comply with the 1974 SOLAS Convention.
G-3.24
SOLAS
means
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974,
as amended.
G-3.25
STCW
means
the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended.
G-3.26
Unified Requirements means
IACS Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships (UR-I).
G-3.27
WMO means the World Meteorological
Organization.
G-3.28
Working liquids means any
substances that are pollutants used for the operation of the ship’s
machinery.
G3.29
2008 IS Code
means
the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008, as adopted by resolution MSC.267(85).
Maximum extent of Arctic waters application (see paragraph
G-3.3)
footnote
Maximum extent of Antarctic Waters application (see paragraph
G-3.4)
footnote