The physical oceanography of waters under the North Water Polynya /

• Main Author: Bâcle, Julie.
• Other Authors: Ingram, Grant (advisor), Carmack, Eddy (advisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2000
• Subjects: Physical Oceanography; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Smith Sound; Baffin; Smith sound
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30338

The North Water (NOW) is one of the largest polynyas in the Northern Hemisphere, occupying Smith Sound and the northern part of Baffin Bay, between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. While it has long been held that the North Water maintains itself by a southward drift of ice caused by winds and curren...