Ice loading on the Nanisivik wharf over three winters; 2018-2021

• Main Authors: Brown, Jeffrey, Frederking, Robert, Poirier, Louis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IAHR 2022
• Subjects: sea ice; ice-structure interaction; Arctic; Nanisivik; Strathcona; Strathcona Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=90e91054-9e2d-4635-8192-5c268287af75; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=90e91054-9e2d-4635-8192-5c268287af75

Nanisivik, on Strathcona Sound, was the site of the first deep-water wharf in the Canadian Arctic, coming into operation in 1976. Initial ice investigations were carried out with the instrumentation of the time, providing a good description of ice-structure interaction processes, but less successful...