GEOPHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN

• Main Author: HUNKINS, KENNETH
• Other Authors: LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY PALISADES NY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1960
• Subjects: *ICE; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *OCEANOGRAPHY; *SEISMIC WAVES; *WEATHER STATIONS; FLOATING BODIES; GEOPHYSICS; INSTRUMENTATION; OCEAN BOTTOM; OCEANS; POLAR REGIONS; PROPAGATION; SEA WATER; SOUND TRANSMISSION; UNDERWATER SOUND; WAVE PROPAGATION; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Rise; Water Sound; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0253807; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0253807

The use of stations on drifting pack ice for geophysical and oceanographic studies of the Arctic Ocean proved highly successful. The investigations by Lamont Geological Observatory from Drifting Stations Alpha, Bravo and Charlie provided new information about the environment of the Arctic Ocean. A p...