The Best Laid Schemes: A Nares Strait Adventure

In 2002, oceanographers began a study of Arctic freshwater export via Nares Strait (Münchow et al., 2006). This 550 km channel separating Greenland from Canada is possibly the longest narrow waterway on Earth. Surrounding ice-capped terrain rises above 2000 m. We used the US icebreaker Healy to inst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Humfrey Melling
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
Canada
Greenland
Nares
Icebreaker
Nares strait
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/aeafa4b128e747fe9b163c604f019c11
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Summary:In 2002, oceanographers began a study of Arctic freshwater export via Nares Strait (Münchow et al., 2006). This 550 km channel separating Greenland from Canada is possibly the longest narrow waterway on Earth. Surrounding ice-capped terrain rises above 2000 m. We used the US icebreaker Healy to install recording instruments on submerged moorings in summer in 2003, but planned their recovery in 2005 via an ice camp in spring, because the dangerous fast moving pack ice of summer makes ship-based recoveries difficult.

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