LONG-RANGE ICE OUTLOOK EASTERN ARCTIC (1964)

• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *POLAR REGIONS; *WEATHER FORECASTING; *SEA ICE; DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; BAFFIN ISLAND; ICE ISLANDS; ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; HARBORS; *ICE FORECASTING; BAFFIN BAY; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Greenland; Baffin; Davis Strait; Denmark Strait; Ice; Labrador Sea; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0442309; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0442309

An analysis of oceanographic and climatic data for forecasting ice growth during the winter 1963-64 and the climatic outlook for the 1964 arctic shipping season are included. Results of a preliminary survey of sea-ice conditions in the the Labrador Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and Baffin Bay are presented. A series of charts shows monthly prognostic sea-ice conditions from mid-May through mid-August 1964. Opening dates and harbor freezing information are included.