Ice thickness, growth and salinity in Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard, Norway

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Høyland, Knut V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2009
• Subjects: Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Norway; Van Mijenfjorden; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2841; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v28i3.6141

This paper describes measurements of ice conditions in the fjord Van Mijenfjorden, Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, between 1998 and 2006. Ice thickness, ice temperatures and ice properties were measured, and simple simulations of oceanic flux were performed. The maximum annual peak ice thi...