The role of oceanic heat flux in reducing thermodynamic ice growth in Nares Strait and promoting earlier collapse of the ice bridge

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: S. Kirillov, I. Dmitrenko, D. G. Babb, J. K. Ehn, N. Koldunov, S. Rysgaard, D. Jensen, D. G. Barber
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Pacific; Nares; Baffin; Nares strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1535-2022; https://doaj.org/article/4518fe20287b43368d4077312293d929

The ice bridge in Nares Strait is a well-known phenomenon that affects the liquid and solid freshwater flux from the Arctic Ocean through the strait and controls the downstream North Open Water polynya in northern Baffin Bay. Recently, the ice bridge has been in a state of decline, either breaking u...