Techniques for Laying Instruments in Ice-Covered Waters

• Main Author: Finlayson,D. J.
• Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *Sea ice; *Oceanographic equipment; *Meteorological instruments; Installation; Blast; Explosives; Mooring; Deployment; Drilling; Ice Islands; Arctic regions; Canada; Robeson Channel; Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Robeson channel; Sea ice; ice covered waters
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0781351; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0781351

The note describes techniques for laying oceanographic and meteorological instruments at stations on both fast and drifting ice. These techniques were used very successfully by the Defence Research Board of Canada to gather data in an ice drift study in Robeson Channel during the 1972 season.