ICE ACADEMY

Professional training in ice navigation

Pack ice in Northern Svalbard

SAILING IN POLAR WATERS

Training and consulting services
for seafarers and shipping companies.

2 years after the creation of the Latitude Blanche shipping company, its Ice Academy was opened in 2018.

As a specialist in polar water navigation, we offer training and consulting services to seafarers and shipping companies.

These trainings are not part of the STCW basic training and aim to put our expertise to work for you to develop your projects or to deepen your knowledge on specific points.

Our trainers have solid experience in several areas related to navigation in polar waters and ship operations in polar waters.

Fields of expertise

non-exhaustive list

  • Icebreaker assistance

    viewpoint of icebreaker and/or assisted vessels

  • Preparing a ship and its crew for low temperatures and ice conditions

    in relation to a specific area

  • Design of an ice-classified ship

    preparation of technical specifications

  • Ice management

    ice landscape analyses and planning of large and small scale travel

  • Maneuvring in ice

    all types of vessels combined

  • Navigation in the Antarctic Peninsula and regulatory preparation
  • Winter navigation in the Baltic Sea and regulatory preparation
  • Navigation in the Svalbard Archipelago and regulatory preparation
  • Compliance of a ship with the Polar Code

    study and/or follow-up processing of the file

Feel free to download our training manual based on the basic and advanced STCW internship programs for vessels operating in polar waters

The purpose of this manual is to collect the basics of ice navigation and to serve as a practical guide on board your ships.

DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER

Sharing knowledge allows us to increase safety at sea.