The Holocene History of Nares Strait: Transition from Glacial Bay to Arctic-Atlantic Throughflow

• Main Authors: Anne E. Jennings, Christina Sheldon, Thomas M. Cronin, Pierre Francus, Joseph Stoner, John Andrews
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Oceanography Society 2011
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; International Polar Year; IPY; Nares Strait; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Hall Basin; Nares; Pacific; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Labrador Sea; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/5921125a23cf4614a7cfa023d540c3b0

Retreat of glacier ice from Nares Strait and other straits in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago after the end of the last Ice Age initiated an important connection between the Arctic and the North Atlantic Oceans, allowing development of modern ocean circulation in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea. As...