An Examination of the Non-Formation of the North Water Polynya Ice Arch

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Author: Ron F. Vincent
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: remote sensing; arctic waters; sea ice; marginal ice zones; tides; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Nares; Kane; Baffin; Kane Basin; Nares strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12172712

The North Water (NOW), situated between Ellesmere Island and Greenland in northern Baffin Bay, is the largest recurring polynya in the Canadian Arctic. Historically, the northern border of the NOW is defined by an ice arch that forms annually in Kane Basin, which is part of the Nares Strait system....