Ice action on wharf at Strathcona Sound

• Main Authors: Frederking, R. M. W., Sinha, N. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: ice; glace (gel); wharves; appontement; ice loads; charge de glace; tidal power; énergie marémotrice; Baffin Island; Strathcona; Strathcona Sound; Baffin
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A program to determine ice forces and behaviour was carried out on a wharf at Strathcona Sound on Baffin Island during the winter 1975-76. Observations at the site revealed that tidal action resulted in the formation of an increasingly wide and thick zone of ice between the wharf and the natural ice...