The Sea Ice Topography of M'Clure Strait in Winter and Summer of 1960 from Submarine Profiles

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McLaren, Alfred S., Wadhams, Peter, Weintraub, Ruth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Measurement; Pressure ridges; Sea ice; Sonar; Spatial distribution; Thickness; M'Clure Strait; N.W.T; Prince Patrick Island waters; Viscount Melville Sound; N.W.T./Nunavut; Melville Sound; Nunavut; Prince Patrick Island; Arctic; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65228

Submarine profiles of the ice underside in M'Clure Strait were obtained by USS Sargo in February 1960 and by USS Seadragon in August 1960. They gave the first quantitative measurements of the ice draft distribution in the strait and in the nearby Beaufort Sea shelf zone, as well as providing a...