OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS IN THE KARA AND EASTERN BARENTS SEAS

In 1967 an effort was made by USCGC EASTWIND (WAGB 279), CAPT William M. Benkert, Commanding, in company with USCGC EDISTO (WAGB 284) to conduct scientific investigations while circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean. This cruise was aborted when heavy ice blocked passage to the north of Severnaya Zemlya...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garcia,Andrew W.
Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON D C OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
KARA SEA)
(*HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
ARCTIC OCEAN)
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
SEA ICE
OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
PLANKTON
COOLING
THERMOCLINES
SALINITY
OXYGEN
TEMPERATURE
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SEA WATER
OCEAN CURRENTS
DATA PROCESSING
PATROL CRAFT
AGB 284 VESSEL
ISOTHERMS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Benkert
Blocked Passage
Edisto
Kara Sea
Severnaya Zemlya
Nansen
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0695438
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0695438
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Summary:In 1967 an effort was made by USCGC EASTWIND (WAGB 279), CAPT William M. Benkert, Commanding, in company with USCGC EDISTO (WAGB 284) to conduct scientific investigations while circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean. This cruise was aborted when heavy ice blocked passage to the north of Severnaya Zemlya and the Soviet Union refused innocent passage through the Vilkitskiiy Straits. As an alternative the 1967 survey of the Kara-Barents Seas, described in this paper, was conducted. A total of 125 hydrographic stations were occupied from 31 August to 22 September 1967. In addition to Nansen casts conducted at all stations, bottom samples were obtained at 27 stations and surface plankton tows at 11. Preliminary results show extensive surface cooling taking place in the Barents Sea and a water mass structure unlike those previously reported in the Kara Sea. (Author)

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