Some Factors Affecting the Extent of Ice in the Barents Sea Area

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Elliott, Francis E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1956
• Subjects: Flow; Ocean currents; Oceanography; Sea ice; Sea level; Spatial distribution; Winds; Barents Sea; North Cape; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Arctic; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66848

Variations in flow of the Gulf Stream system and in transport of warm Atlantic water across the Wyville-Thomson Ridge northeastwards (via the North Cape Current) affect the areal extent of ice in the Barents Sea. Theoretical considerations and data are presented relating variations in the Florida Cu...