Ice action on Nanisivik wharf, Strathcona Sound, N.W.T., winter 1978–1979

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
• Main Author: Frederking, R. M. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1980
• Subjects: General Environmental Science; Civil and Structural Engineering; Strathcona; Nanisivik; Strathcona Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l80-064; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/l80-064

Field observations have been made over three winters at a vertically faced wharf in an area of limited horizontal ice movement but substantial vertical movement due to tides. Ice thickness was profiled and vertical ice movements were measured. A reasonably consistent pattern of ice behaviour adjacent to the wharf was established, characterized by the formation of a transition ice zone between the first-year sea ice and the wharf. The behaviour and factors affecting growth of this zone are described.