SEASONAL and ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN ICE COVER IN BAFFIN BAY and NORTHERN DAVIS STRAIT

• Published in: The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien
• Main Author: DEY, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1980
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Détroit de Davis; Baffin; Davis Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0064.1980.tb00262.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1541-0064.1980.tb00262.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1541-0064.1980.tb00262.x

The sea ice cover in Baffin Bay and northern Davis Strait is at a maximum in March and at a minimum in September. It depletes rapidly in July and August and grows rapidly during October and November. More annual variations were noticed during periods of ice cover depletion than during ice cover grow...