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Bekker A.T., Uvarova T.E.

Winter course in ice mechanics 2015

ALEKSANDR T. BEKKER, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, director of the School of Engineering, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok), corresponding member of Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, е-mail: bekker.at@dvfu.ru, 
TATIANA E. UVAROVA, Candidate of Technics, Associate Professor, e-mail: searay@yandex.ru.
School of Engineering, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok.8 Sukhanova St., Vladivostok, Russia, 690950.

The first one being conducted February 16–27, 2015, the Winter Course in Ice Mechanics is an example of the introduction of the international education project in an actual area of the construction of ice-resistant drilling platforms in the Arctic and Far Eastern seas. Over thirty students from four countries underwent the theoretical training and had an experimental in-situ work there. The Winter Course is to be held annually and the number of participants from other Arctic countries will grow.

Key words: ice mechanics, shelf, education, workshop, practice, experiment, theory.