The Drift of Ice Island WH-5
Summarizes the final documentation of this drift from its calving from Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, North Ellesmere Island, winter 1961-62 until sightings of the remaining fragments in waters of Labrador and Newfoundland, summer 1964. The drift south from the Arctic Ocean indicates that the southward water...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66482 2023-05-15T14:19:20+02:00 The Drift of Ice Island WH-5 Nutt, David C. 1966-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66482 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66482/50395 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66482 ARCTIC; Vol. 19 No. 3 (1966): September: 213–284; 244-262 1923-1245 0004-0843 Breakup Calving (Ice) Ice islands Ice shelves Icebergs Movement Ocean currents Water masses Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Labrador Sea Nares Strait Greenland/Nunavut Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1966 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:21Z Summarizes the final documentation of this drift from its calving from Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, North Ellesmere Island, winter 1961-62 until sightings of the remaining fragments in waters of Labrador and Newfoundland, summer 1964. The drift south from the Arctic Ocean indicates that the southward water transport through Nares Strait is discontinuous and, during summer 1963, was interrupted by pulses of surface water to the north and the development of a sluggish counterclockwise gyre in Kane Basin. By 1964, pieces of WH-5 were widely scattered by their irregular escape from Smith Sound and the vagaries of the Baffin and Labrador current systems. La Dérive de l'île de glace WH-5. De 1962 à 1964, l'île de glace WH-5 a dérivé vers le sud, de l'océan Arctique à travers le détroit de Nares et la baie de Baffin. Les mouvements de WH-5 indiquent que le transport d'eau vers le sud à travers le détroit de Nares n'est pas continu et que durant l'été de 1963, il fut interrompu par des poussées d'eau de surface vers le nord et le développement d'un lent mouvement lévogyre dans le bassin de Kane. Lorsqu'ils atteignirent les eaux du Labrador et de Terre-Neuve en 1964, les débris de WH-5 avaient été considérablement dispersés par leur sortie irrégulière du détroit de Smith et les caprices des systèmes de courants de Baffin et du Labrador. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Arctique* Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Baie de Baffin Davis Strait Détroit de Nares Détroit de Smith Ellesmere Island Greenland Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Kane Basin Labrador Sea Nares strait Newfoundland Nunavut Smith sound Terre-Neuve Ward Hunt Ice Shelf University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Baie de Baffin ENVELOPE(-67.996,-67.996,74.001,74.001) Détroit de Nares ENVELOPE(-69.995,-69.995,80.002,80.002) Détroit de Smith ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) Ellesmere Island Greenland Kane ENVELOPE(-63.038,-63.038,-73.952,-73.952) Lent ENVELOPE(-66.783,-66.783,-66.867,-66.867) Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Newfoundland Nunavut Smith Sound ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) Ward Hunt Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-73.499,-73.499,83.122,83.122) ARCTIC 19 3 |
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Breakup Calving (Ice) Ice islands Ice shelves Icebergs Movement Ocean currents Water masses Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Labrador Sea Nares Strait Greenland/Nunavut Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Nunavut Nutt, David C. The Drift of Ice Island WH-5 |
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Breakup Calving (Ice) Ice islands Ice shelves Icebergs Movement Ocean currents Water masses Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Labrador Sea Nares Strait Greenland/Nunavut Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Nunavut |
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Summarizes the final documentation of this drift from its calving from Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, North Ellesmere Island, winter 1961-62 until sightings of the remaining fragments in waters of Labrador and Newfoundland, summer 1964. The drift south from the Arctic Ocean indicates that the southward water transport through Nares Strait is discontinuous and, during summer 1963, was interrupted by pulses of surface water to the north and the development of a sluggish counterclockwise gyre in Kane Basin. By 1964, pieces of WH-5 were widely scattered by their irregular escape from Smith Sound and the vagaries of the Baffin and Labrador current systems. La Dérive de l'île de glace WH-5. De 1962 à 1964, l'île de glace WH-5 a dérivé vers le sud, de l'océan Arctique à travers le détroit de Nares et la baie de Baffin. Les mouvements de WH-5 indiquent que le transport d'eau vers le sud à travers le détroit de Nares n'est pas continu et que durant l'été de 1963, il fut interrompu par des poussées d'eau de surface vers le nord et le développement d'un lent mouvement lévogyre dans le bassin de Kane. Lorsqu'ils atteignirent les eaux du Labrador et de Terre-Neuve en 1964, les débris de WH-5 avaient été considérablement dispersés par leur sortie irrégulière du détroit de Smith et les caprices des systèmes de courants de Baffin et du Labrador. |
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The Drift of Ice Island WH-5 |
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The Drift of Ice Island WH-5 |
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ENVELOPE(-67.996,-67.996,74.001,74.001) ENVELOPE(-69.995,-69.995,80.002,80.002) ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) ENVELOPE(-63.038,-63.038,-73.952,-73.952) ENVELOPE(-66.783,-66.783,-66.867,-66.867) ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) ENVELOPE(-73.996,-73.996,78.419,78.419) ENVELOPE(-73.499,-73.499,83.122,83.122) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Baie de Baffin Détroit de Nares Détroit de Smith Ellesmere Island Greenland Kane Lent Nares Newfoundland Nunavut Smith Sound Ward Hunt Ice Shelf |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Baie de Baffin Détroit de Nares Détroit de Smith Ellesmere Island Greenland Kane Lent Nares Newfoundland Nunavut Smith Sound Ward Hunt Ice Shelf |
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Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Arctique* Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Baie de Baffin Davis Strait Détroit de Nares Détroit de Smith Ellesmere Island Greenland Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Kane Basin Labrador Sea Nares strait Newfoundland Nunavut Smith sound Terre-Neuve Ward Hunt Ice Shelf |
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Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Arctique* Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Baie de Baffin Davis Strait Détroit de Nares Détroit de Smith Ellesmere Island Greenland Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Kane Basin Labrador Sea Nares strait Newfoundland Nunavut Smith sound Terre-Neuve Ward Hunt Ice Shelf |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 19 No. 3 (1966): September: 213–284; 244-262 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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