Sea-Ice Distribution in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: Information from Historical Whaleships’ Logbooks and Journals

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mahoney, Andrew R., Bockstoce, John R., Botkin, Daniel B., Eicken, Hajo, Nisbet, Robert A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: sea-ice extent; historical data; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; étendue des glaces de mer; données historiques; Arctique; mer de Béring; mer des Tchouktches; mer de Beaufort; Mer de Beaufort; Arctique*; Chukchi; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Sea ice; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67193

Satellite data have revealed dramatic losses of Northern Hemisphere sea ice since the end of the 1970s. To place these changes in a longer-term context, we draw on daily observations taken from logbooks and journals of whaling vessels cruising in the Bering and Chukchi seas to investigate sea-ice co...