Islands of Grounded Ice

In August 1972, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Burton Island confirmed the existence of a large ice formation located at about 160 km northwest of Point Barrow, which had first been observed by 1971 satellite imagery of the U.S. National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-1). Visual observa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Kovacs, Austin, McKim, Harlan L., Merry, Carolyn J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1975
Subjects:
Active layer
Arctic
Burton
Burton Island
Chukchi Sea
Barrow
Chukchi
ice pack
Point Barrow
Sea ice
Alaska
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65888

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