In 1912, the ""Titanic"" hit an iceberg and sank. Since this time, monitoring ice has been regarded as very important- and extremely difficult. This footage demonstrates the ice-monitoring capabilities of ERS-1, following the voyage of ""L'Astrolabe"" through theNorth-East Passage across the top of Russia. Various shots of vessel and coasteal scenery

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00:02:01:00 heli tra s fwds over sea, ship in distance, over side of ship with helicopter pad
00:02:22:00 heli tra s fwds follows ship on port side
00:02:29:00 heli tra s fwds front port side logo 'l'Astrolabe, Fish', people wave from bridge
00:02:36:00 heli tra s fwds port side, pan l as heli flies over to other side of ship
00:02:55:00 heli tra s bkwds ship, pan r as heli moves to l
00:03:13:00 cs red flag being raised
00:03:18:00 cs hammer and sickle blowing in the wind
00:03:23:00 ws looking over starboard side at ship moving parallel and closer
00:03:29:00 ms deck of boat with pilot on bridge exterior; sailor waves camera or boat away, other man in beret with briefcase waits
00:03:35:00 tra s men hold ladder as man holds briefcase up, then zi to man climbing up ladder, pan l as he climbs aboard
00:03:54:00 int bridge, zo from window to cs captain shakes hands with 'the man'
00:04:03:00 ws coastline, buoy in the sea ans ship; zi to ws naval vessel
00:04:15:00 ms front of ship , '085' m