First Paleoceanographic drilling of Cenozoic sediments in the central Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Backman, J., Moran, K., McInroy, D., Brinkhuis, H.K., Clemens, S., Cronin, T., Dickens, G.R., Eynaud, F., Gattacceca, J., Jakobsson, M., Jordan, R.W., Kaminski, M., King, J., Koç, N., Martinez, N.C., Matthiessen, J., Moore, T.C., Onodera, J., O'Regan, M., Pälike, H., Rea, B.R., Rio, D., Sakamoto, T., Smith, D.C., Stein, R., St. John, K.E.K., Suto, I., Suzuki, N., Takahashi, K., Watanabe, M., Yamamoto, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sovetskiy; Icebreaker; Lomonosov Ridge; oden; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/41920/

Sea-ice concentration in the central Arctic Ocean is typically 85–95% during summers and much of this ice consists of 2–5m thich multi-year ice. The Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX, IODP Exp. 302) operated continuously in >90% ice cover while on site, which was dominated by multi-year ice. The pri...