Arctic Ice Island and Ice Shelf Studies: Part II

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Crary, A.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Driftwood; Dust; Heat budgets; Heat transmission; Growth; Ice islands; Ice shelves; Mollusks; Ocean currents; Puddles; Radiocarbon dating; Recent epoch; Salinity; Sea water; Snow; Stress; Temperature; Thermal regimes; Thickness; Topography; Velocity; Winds; Arctic Ocean; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Greenland; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Arctic Basin; Ellesmere Ice Shelf; Greenland Sea; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66737

Discusses possible conditions north of 80 N. under which thick floating ice can form, and outlines the possible history of the Ward Hunt (Ellesmere) Ice Shelf and the ice island T-3. General surface features are explained, and the possible future of these ice masses is discussed. Factors conductive...