Scientific Plan for the Proposed Nansen Drift Station

• Main Authors: Untersteiner,Norbert, Aagaard,Knut, Alexander,Vera, Anderson,John, Barnett,Donald
• Other Authors: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC POLAR RESEARCH BOARD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: Meteorology; Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; *ICEBREAKERS; *ARCTIC OCEAN; LOGISTICS SUPPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERES; MARINE GEOLOGY; DRIFT; REMOTE DETECTORS; MARINE BIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL; RESEARCH MANAGEMENT; MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; UNDERWATER SOUND; MAGNETOSPHERE; TECTONICS; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; PACK ICE; OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; Nansen Drift Station; Ocean basins; Paleoclimatology; Ice cover; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA047621; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA047621

While field stations on drifting pack ice will remain useful for special purposes, recent scientific and technological developments have fostered the idea to use or, reuse with modern means, the icebreaker supported by aircraft as a research platform. The project, entitled the 'Nansen Drift Station' (NDS) is described in this report. The scientific program is planned to include: Marine Geophysics and Tectonics; Marine Geology and Paleoclimatology; Physical Oceanography; Biology and Biochemistry; Marine Acoustics; Heat and Mass Balance of the Ice Cover; Troposphere; Ice Physics and Engineering; Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere; and Remote Sensing. Includes envelope with map.