Structural and Stratigraphic Studies of the Northern Ellesmere Ice Shelf

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Marshall, Ernest W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1955
• Subjects: Grinnell Glacier; Nunavut; Terra Nivea Ice Cap; Barnes Ice Cap; Penny Ice Cap; Baffin Island; Ellesmere Island; Devon Island; Nivea; Ward Hunt Island; Hattersley-Smith; Terra Nivea; Arctic; Baffin; Ellesmere Ice Shelf; Ice cap; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66859

Report complementary to Hattersley-Smith and others' (AB. No 40304). Ice cores obtained near Ward Hunt Island (83 05 N, 75 W) and on trips along the coast showed four ice types composing the shelf: iced firn, glacier, lake, and sea ice. The thick primary portion of the shelf seems to be compose...