SAFETY MEASURES FOR SHIPS OPERATING IN POLAR WATERS
Regulation 1
Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter:
1 Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, consisting of an
introduction and parts I-A and II-A and parts I-B and II-B, as adopted by
resolutions MSC.385(94)
and
of the Marine Environment Protection Committee*, as may be amended, provided that:
.1 amendments to the safety-related provisions of the introduction and part I-A of the Polar Code
are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of
the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than
chapter I; and
.2 amendments to part I-B of the Polar Code are adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee in
accordance with its Rules of Procedure.
* Refer to the resolution of adoption of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters,
by the Marine Environment Protection Committee.
2 Antarctic area means the sea area south of latitude 60
o
S.
3 Arctic waters means those waters which are located north of a line from the latitude 58º00΄.0 N and
longitude 042º00΄.0 W to latitude 64º37΄.0 N, longitude 035º27΄.0 W and thence by a rhumb line to
latitude 67º03΄.9 N, longitude 026º33΄.4 W and thence by a rhumb line to the latitude 70º49΄.56 N and
longitude 008º59΄.61 W (Sørkapp, Jan Mayen) and by the southern shore of Jan Mayen to 73º31'.6 N
and 019º01'.0 E by the Island of Bjørnøya, and thence by a great circle line to the latitude 68º38΄.29 N
and longitude 043º23΄.08 E (Cap Kanin Nos) and hence 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
495
eastward along parallel of latitude 60º N, to longitude 056º37΄.1 W and thence to the latitude 58º00΄.0
N, longitude 042º00΄.0 W.
4 Polar waters means Arctic waters and/or the Antarctic area.
5 Ship constructed means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction.
6 At a similar stage of construction means the stage at which:
.1 construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; and
.2 assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass
of all structural material, whichever is less.
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