AI-Enabled Antarctic Navigation Decision Support System

An AI/physics-based navigation decision-support prototype for safer and more fuel-efficient Antarctic vessel navigation.

Core capabilities

• Sea-ice forecasting
• Iceberg trajectory prediction
• Underwater iceberg-risk estimation
• Bathymetric grounding-risk assessment
• Safe route planning
• Fuel-aware route comparison
• Live ship position through NMEA
• AIS vessel awareness
• Confidence and data-freshness indicators
• Offline-first cached data support

Architecture

Environmental Data → Hazard Intelligence → Prediction → Safety Analysis → Route Planning → Navigation Display

Technology

Backend

• Python
• FastAPI
• SQLite/SpatiaLite

Frontend

• React
• MapLibre/Mapbox
• Deck.gl
• React Three Fiber

Navigation

• NMEA 0183
• WebSocket
• A*
• RTZ/JSON route output

Project Structure

antartic_nav/
├── backend/
├── frontend/
├── data/
├── models/
├── scripts/
├── docs/
├── requirements.txt
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

Important

This system is a navigation decision-support system.

It does not directly control the vessel's steering or autopilot.