Ice interaction with Adams Island, Winter 1984-85

• Main Authors: Frederking, R. M. W., Wessels, E., Maxwell, J. B., Prinsenberg, S., Sayed, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: ice loads; charge de glace; islands; île; small islands; ice sheet response; environmental driving forces; ice cover movements; meteorological factors; oceanographic factors; in situ stresses; tidal variation; cyclical variations; current; wind; air temperature; maximum total load; Adams Island; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=aefdbce6-0628-4808-8f2c-9bd6a7c1aa70; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=aefdbce6-0628-4808-8f2c-9bd6a7c1aa70; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=aefdbce6-0628-4808-8f2c-9bd6a7c1aa70

A small island can be taken as being representative of a man- made offshore structure. A comprehensive study of ice interaction with such an island and response of the ice sheet to environmental driving forces was carried out over the winter 1984/85. Measurements included meteorological and oceanogr...