USCG Polar Class Icebreaker — The USCG Polar class of heavy icebreakers consists of three vessels, the USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), the USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB 11), and the USCGC Healy (WAGB 20). The Healy may be considered to be in its own sub class, as it was built to a… … Wikipedia
Polar 8 — The Polar 8 Project was a Canadian shipbuilding project based upon a class of 167 metre, 101,000 horsepower, diesel electric powered high endurance icebreakers (polar class PC 1) intended for the Canadian Coast Guard. The project was developed as … Wikipedia
Polar modulation — is analogous to quadrature modulation in the same way that polar coordinates are analogous to Cartesian coordinates. Quadrature modulation makes use of Cartesian coordinates, x and y . When considering quadrature modulation, the x axis is called… … Wikipedia
Polar low — over the Barents Sea on February 27, 1987 A polar low is a small scale, long lived atmospheric low pressure system (depression) that is found over the ocean areas poleward of the main polar front in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The … Wikipedia
Polar Claw — is a the name of a fictional character from the various Transformers universes.Beast WarsTransformers character name =Polar Claw caption = affiliation =Maximal subgroup =Mega Beasts function =Infantry Battle Commander rank =8 partner =Robotic Bat … Wikipedia
Polar Studios — is one of the most famous recording studios in Scandinavia. Originally located on 58 Sankt Eriksgatan in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden, Polar Studios was founded by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA in 1978 and had its… … Wikipedia
Polar bear — This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Polar bear (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Polar-amino-acid-transporting ATPase — In enzymology, a polar amino acid transporting ATPase (EC number|3.6.3.21) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:ATP + H2O + polar amino acidout ightleftharpoons ADP + phosphate + polar amino acidinThe 3 substrates of this enzyme are… … Wikipedia
Ice class — Ships with an Ice Class have a strengthened hull to enable them to navigate through sea ice. HistoryThe first requirements for merchant ships to be escorted by icebreakers were set in in Finland in 1890, after winter traffic to the port of Hanko… … Wikipedia
USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) — is a United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker. Commissioned in 1978, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle along with her sister ship, Polar Star (WAGB 10).Homeported in Seattle, Washington Polar Sea… … Wikipedia
