Multiyear Fast Ice along the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Reimnitz, Erk, Eicken, Hajo, Martin, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Barrier islands; Climate change; Cores; Fast ice; Formation; Ice shelves; Isotopes; Lagoons; Ocean waves; River discharges; Salinity; Satellite photography; Sea ice; Sea level; Sediment transport; Spits (Geography); Laptevykh More; Taymyr; Poluostrov; waters; Russian Federation; Arctic; Barrier Islands; Laptev Sea; Arctique*; banquise; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; laptev; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64315

A 20 km wide zone of fast ice, reaching offshore to the 20 m isobath and sealing off coastal embayments along the Taymyr Peninsula, survived until at least 23 November 1993, becoming multiyear land-fast sea ice (MLSI). Barrier islands show characteristic recurved spits indicating dominant southeastw...