For the purpose of this Annex,
1
Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters,
consisting of an introduction, part I-A and part II-A and parts I-B and II-B, as adopted
by resolutions MSC.385(94) and MEPC.264(68), as may be amended, provided that:
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.1 amendments to the environment-related provisions
of the introduction and chapter 5 of part II-A of the Polar Code are adopted,
brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article 16
of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to an
appendix to an annex; and
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.2 amendments to part II-B of the Polar Code are
adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee in accordance with its
Rules of Procedure.
2
Arctic waters means those waters which are located north of a line from the
latitude 58º00΄.0 N and longitude 042º00΄.0 W to latitude 64º37΄.0 N, longitude
035º27΄.0 W and thence by a rhumb line to latitude 67º03΄.9 N, longitude 026º33΄.4 W and
thence by a rhumb line to the latitude 70º49΄.56 N and longitude 008º59΄.61 W (Sørkapp,
Jan Mayen) and by the southern shore of Jan Mayen to 73º31'.6 N and 019º01'.0 E by the
Island of Bjørnøya, and thence by a great circle line to the latitude 68º38΄.29 N and
longitude 043º23΄.08 E (Cap Kanin Nos) and hence by the northern shore of the Asian
Continent eastward to the Bering Strait and thence from the Bering Strait westward to
latitude 60º N as far as Il'pyrskiy and following the 60th North parallel eastward as
far as and including Etolin Strait and thence by the northern shore of the North
American continent as far south as latitude 60º N and thence eastward along parallel of
latitude 60º N, to longitude 056º37΄.1 W and thence to the latitude 58º00΄.0 N,
longitude 042º00΄.0 W.
3
Polar waters means Arctic waters and/or the Antarctic area.