Ice-Cover and Ice-Ridge Contributions to the Freshwater Contents of Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Prinsenberg, S.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1988
• Subjects: Ice cover; Pressure ridges; River discharges; Salinity; Sea ice; Sublimation; Thickness; Foxe Basin; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64740

Runoff and precipitation add 65 cm of fresh water to Hudson Bay annually. The ice cover does not account for a new contribution of fresh water over a one-year period; however, on weekly time scales, it contributes as much or more than runoff. The maximum thickness of ice averaged over the bay is 160...