An Ice Drift Measurement in Western Parry Channel

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Verrall, R.I., Ganton, J.H., Milne, A.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Buoys; Fast ice; Ice forecasting; Mathematical models; Movement; Sea ice; M'Clure Strait; N.W.T; Parry Channel; N.W.T./Nunavut; Viscount Melville Sound; Nunavut; Parry; Melville Sound; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65904

A description is given of the drift of ice in Western Parry Channel during the spring and summer of 1970. Ice-buoys, planted in the fast ice of this region in April 1970, were located at approximately two-week intervals by Canadian Forces aircraft overflights. The ice in M'Clure Strait drifted...