Thickness of multi-year sea ice on the northern Canadian polar shelf: a second look after 40 years

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Author: H. Melling
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; envir; Penny Strait; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3181-2022; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/3181/2022/tc-16-3181-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/526f2911b3144d03b69075c1d101bd50

This paper presents a systematic record of multi-year sea-ice thickness on the northern Canadian polar shelf, measured during the autumn and early winter of 2009–2010. The data were acquired by submerged sonar moored in the Penny Strait where they measured floes drifting south from the notional “las...