POINT BARROW TRIALS. FY 1959. INVESTIGATIONS ON THICKENED SEA ICE

During the winter of 1958-59, trials were conducted at Point Barrow, Alaska, to investigate techniques for increasing the thickness of sea ice. Several test pads, were constructed on a natural ice sheet by various experimental methods. Each technique was studied from the standpoint of the constructi...

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Main Authors: DYKINS,J.E., FUNAI,A.I.
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1962
Subjects:
*ICE
SIMULATION
TEST METHODS
THICKNESS
Barrow
Ice Sheet
Point Barrow
Sea ice
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0275502
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0275502
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Summary:During the winter of 1958-59, trials were conducted at Point Barrow, Alaska, to investigate techniques for increasing the thickness of sea ice. Several test pads, were constructed on a natural ice sheet by various experimental methods. Each technique was studied from the standpoint of the construction problems involved and certain characteristics of the ice produced. The temperatures, salinities, densities, and strengths of the various types of constructed sea ice were compared with those of natural sea ice. Basically, three methods of surface-thickening natural sea ice were investigated: confined flooding, free flooding, and spraying and sprinkling. Free flooding was the most promising of the techniques studied. (Author)

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