Ice interaction with Adams Island, winter 1982-83

• Main Authors: Frederking, R. M. W., Sayed, M., Wessels, E., Child, A. J., Bradford, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH 1984
• Subjects: ice; glace (gel); natural environment; milieu naturel; winter; hiver; islands; île; Adams Island; Lancaster Sound; Northwest Territories; Canada; ice cover interactions with island; environmental factors; ice movement; strain rates; stress
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=11214749-3ebd-4e74-a838-6a485d3f22ff; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=11214749-3ebd-4e74-a838-6a485d3f22ff

A small island (200 m in diameter) is being used to study the interaction of the ice cover with the island and the response of the ice cover to the environmental driving forces. The environmental factors of wind, air temperature, current and tide were measured. Horizontal movements of the ice cover...