HANOVER, N.H.—ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) Leonard Zabilansky provided logistical oversight and technical assistance to representatives of Alaska Clean Seas (ACS) for their recent training effort.
The Advanced Oil Spill Response in Ice course was completed in two sessions over two consecutive weeks, training approximately 55 spill response personnel representing various oil companies and agencies working the oil fields of Alaska.
The course combined both classroom and hands-on components. In the classroom, students reviewed the technology and methodology of recovery, while afternoons were dedicated to hands-on training utilizing CRREL’s Geophysical Research Facility (GRF) and recovery equipment provided and demonstrated by company representatives. Topics included ice safety, delineating an oil spill under ice, deploying and using drum, brush and mop skimmers, and oil burning.
This is the second year that CRREL has hosted the training. CRREL has become a valuable resource to ACS due to its vast knowledge of ice and the uniqueness of the GRF.
To learn more about how CRREL is helping to clean up oil, click on http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/innovations/oil_spill_research/.
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