The drift of ice islands from the Arctic Ocean into the channels of the Canadian Arctic archipelago: the history of Hobson's Choice Ice Island

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Jeffries, Martin O., Shaw, M. Amanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Northwest Territories; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Peary; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Cornwallis; Ellef Ringnes Island; Queens Channel; Peary Channel; Cornwallis Island; Arctic Archipelago; Polar Record; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400023950; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400023950

ABSTRACT The drift of Hobson's Choice Ice Island from the Arctic Ocean into the channels of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canadian Arctic, between February 1988 and August 1992, was monitored by a Système Argos satellite-positioning buoy. During the period August 1991 to M...