A Note on Ice Island WH-5

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Nutt, D.C., Coachman, L.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1963
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Kane; Nutt; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Kennedy Channel; Four Islands; Hattersley-Smith; Robeson Channel; Hans Island; Ice Shelf; Kane Basin; Kennedy channel; Lincoln Sea; Robeson channel; Sea ice; The Arctic Institute; Thule
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3540; http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3540/3515

As reported by Hattersley-Smith, Ice Island WH-5, the easternmost and largest (approximately 20 by 9 km.) of the islands resulting from the massive calving of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf during the winter 1961-2, drifted eastward, whereas the other four islands drifted westward. WH-5, tracked through ra...