History and implications of the Nares Strait conflict

• Published in: Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience
• Main Author: Kerr, J. William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1982
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Nares; Baffin; Labrador Sea; Nares strait; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/141024

The question "Did Greenland drift along Nares Strait?" has been debated for more than 70 years. There have been five periods, each represented by a consensus on one or the other extreme, or by a conflict. At times opinions on the Strait have changed rapidly when a new global theory came in...