University of Colorado: 1971 Summer Field Season in East Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Andrews, John T., Barry, Roger G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1972
• Subjects: Icebreaking; Ice pressure; Ice-structure interaction; Louis S. St. Laurent (Ship); Manhattan (Ship); Marine transportation; Pressure ridges; Sea ice; Winds; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Cumberland Peninsula; Northwest Territories; Penny Ice Cap; Arctic; Baffin; Davis Strait; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65998

Research was continued by University of Colorado faculty and graduate students in the area of Cumberland Peninsula. Baffin Island, Northwest Territories. The work was divided into four main phases: 1) studies on the glacial chronology of the Penny Ice Cap and local mountain ice caps; 2) the mass balance of the Boas Glacier; 3) air-sea interactions using ground stations, instrumented aircraft and satellite data; and 4) evaluation of climatic trends. .