LARGE TABULAR ICEBERGS AND ICE ISLANDS OFF EASTERN CANADA IN 2001-2003 AND THEIR PROBABLE SOURCE

• Main Author: I. K. Peterson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Lancaster Sound; Newfoundland; Arctic Archipelago; glacier*; Iceberg*; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.521.7395; http://starfish.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/ocean/seaice/Publications/peterson13.pdf

In 2002 and 2003, offshore operators on the Grand Banks reported an unusually large number of ice islands and large tabular icebergs up to 20 million tonnes, with drafts of 65 to 80m. This paper describes sightings of large tabular icebergs and ice islands in 2001 to 2003 north of the Grand Banks, f...