Design and Operation of Oil Discharge Systems and Characteristics of Oil Used in the Baffin Island Oil Spill Project

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dickins, David F., Thornton, David E., Cretney, Walter J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Composition; Marine oil spills; Oil spill dispersants; Crude oil; Weathering; Hatt; Cape; waters; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64860

As part of the Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) Project, two experimental oil discharges were made into bays at Cape Hatt at the northern end of Baffin Island. The objective was to allow the comparison of the nearshore fate and effects of an untreated surface oil slick and oil chemically dispersed int...