Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring

McMurdo Sound is well known as an area comparatively free from fast ice during the middle and late summer. Although closed to its discoverer in February 1841 by contrary winds, pack ice and new ice (Ross, 1847), the sound provided easy access to high latitudes in January and February on at least ten...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Stonehouse, B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1967
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
McMurdo Sound
Heine
Cape Bird
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400058447
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400058447 2024-03-03T08:38:15+00:00 Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring Stonehouse, B. 1967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400058447 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400058447 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 13, issue 87, page 775-778 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1967 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400058447 2024-02-08T08:45:55Z McMurdo Sound is well known as an area comparatively free from fast ice during the middle and late summer. Although closed to its discoverer in February 1841 by contrary winds, pack ice and new ice (Ross, 1847), the sound provided easy access to high latitudes in January and February on at least ten occasions between 1902 and 1916. Since 1955, icebreakers have assisted shipping movements in November and December, and possibly helped in dispersing the winter fast ice by cutting wide channels from Cape Bird southward. However, northerly swells and south-easterly gales are sufficient in most years to disperse fast ice from the southern end of the sound by mid or late February (Heine, 1963). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Sound Polar Record Cambridge University Press McMurdo Sound Heine ENVELOPE(167.450,167.450,-78.083,-78.083) Cape Bird ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) Polar Record 13 87 775 778
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Stonehouse, B.
Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
topic_facet General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
description McMurdo Sound is well known as an area comparatively free from fast ice during the middle and late summer. Although closed to its discoverer in February 1841 by contrary winds, pack ice and new ice (Ross, 1847), the sound provided easy access to high latitudes in January and February on at least ten occasions between 1902 and 1916. Since 1955, icebreakers have assisted shipping movements in November and December, and possibly helped in dispersing the winter fast ice by cutting wide channels from Cape Bird southward. However, northerly swells and south-easterly gales are sufficient in most years to disperse fast ice from the southern end of the sound by mid or late February (Heine, 1963).
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title Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
title_short Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
title_full Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
title_fullStr Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence and effects of open water in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during winter and early spring
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