Sea ice drift off Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Takuya Miyakawa, Kay I. Ohshima
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1997
• Subjects: geo; Gunnerus Ridge; Queen Maud Land; Riiser-Larsen; Riiser-Larsen Peninsula; Syowa Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008981; https://doaj.org/article/6355606baa3e40ea89e8fc7a6a06569b

Characteristics of sea ice drift off Queen Maud Land are described on the basis of the Argos buoy deployed on the ice floe in the pack ice region off Syowa Station on February 20,1992. The drift of the buoy is consistently westward with some variability. Averaged velocity of westward drift is about...