Ice islands: their presence in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ice islands are extremely large icebergs that break off the ice shelves of Ellesmere Island and the glaciers of Greenland. A percentage of the ice islands will make their way south via the Nares Strait and drift with the Labrador current off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The content of thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong, Tessa
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Research Council Canada 2008
Subjects:
IIP
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.4224/19379148
https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=298ae285-2c5e-4673-b22a-bada4092ab18