Variation of sea ice and perspectives of the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jin-Lei Chen, Shi-Chang Kang, Jun-Ming Guo, Min Xu, Zhi-Min Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Sea ice; Northwest passage; Canadian arctic archipelago; Strait; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Social sciences (General); H1-99; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Melville Sound; Northwest Passage; Pacific; Parry; Viscount Melville Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Parry Channel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.02.002; https://doaj.org/article/a1a9f33aed274aa2bcc92a8009e2ba3d

The continued warming of the Arctic atmosphere and ocean has led to a record retreat of sea ice in the last decades. This retreat has increased the probability of the opening of the Arctic Passages in the near future. The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the most direct shipping route between the Atlantic...