BIRDS EYE 3-69, 23 March-22 April 1969.

• Main Authors: Freeman, R. F., Agee, H. J.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ARCTIC OCEAN); (*AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE; SEA ICE); (*SEA ICE; ICE ISLANDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT; FREEZING; MELTING; SEA WATER; GREENLAND SEA; POLAR REGIONS; DATA PROCESSING; FRANZ JOSEF LAND; GREENLAND; BIRDS EYE 3 PROJECT(1969); DATA ACQUISITION; *POLYNYAS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Greenland; Franz Josef Land; Greenland Sea; Ice; ice pack; Iceberg*; Iceland; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0864416; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0864416

BIRDS EYE 3-69 was a regularly scheduled Arctic Ocean ice reconnaissance mission covering the areas east and west of Greenland and the Barents Sea from 23 March to 22 April 1969. Ice observations contained in this report were made under daylight conditions. Poor weather restricted ice observations north of Iceland and southeast of Greenland. Weather was generally good in other areas. The ice pack north of Iceland revealed changes within a period of several days. A NW-SE fracture zone and refrozen polynyas occurred near 77 degrees N, 2 degrees W on separate tracks in the Greenland Sea. Heavy ridging with upended floes imbedded in the ice pack was observed southwest of Franz Josef Land. Icebergs were present north of 79 degrees N in the Barents Sea. Extensive ice coverage noted on BIRDS EYE 2-69 (23 February - 9 March) continued to exist in the Greenland Sea. (Author) See also Rept. no. NOO-IR-69-49 dated May 69, AD-859 547.