In-Situ Burning on Ice, Snow or in the Arctic

This chapter is a review of in-situ oil burning in snow and ice conditions. Ice conditions are reviewed using standard ice terminology and relating these conditions to in-situ oil burning. It is noted that historically oil has been burned in many of these ice conditions. Burning in ice and snow conditions shows good potential because of the reduced need for equipment and logistics as well as the containment conditions often offered by ice and snow. Because of this, burning is often considered a primary countermeasure for spilled oil in ice, snow and Arctic conditions.