The Fram 3 expedition

On the fourteenth of March 1981, Fram 3, the third in a series of four U.S. manned ice camps, was established in the eastern Arctic Ocean at 84.32°N, 20.07°E for oceanographic and geophysical research in the Eurasian Basin north of the Greenland‐Spitzbergen Passage. Investigators from several instit...

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Published in:Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Main Authors: Manley, T. O., Codispoti, L. A., Hunkins, K. L., Jackson, H. R., Jones, E. P., Lee, V., Moore, S., Morison, J., Packard, T. T., Wadhams, P.
Other Authors: 7005671542, 6603916538, 6603176787, 7202753291, 55662877200, 57190725079, 7403537200, 7006078374, 7004249480, 55260986500
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 0096-3941 1982
Subjects:
251007 Oceanografía física
251002 Oceanografía química
Greenland‐Spitzbergen Passage
Expeditions
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Greenland
Sea ice
Spitzbergen
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10553/50886
https://doi.org/10.1029/EO063i035p00627
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Summary:On the fourteenth of March 1981, Fram 3, the third in a series of four U.S. manned ice camps, was established in the eastern Arctic Ocean at 84.32°N, 20.07°E for oceanographic and geophysical research in the Eurasian Basin north of the Greenland‐Spitzbergen Passage. Investigators from several institutions in the United States, as well as from Canada and England, participated in studies of physical and chemical oceanography, low‐frequency underwater acoustics, geophysics, and the mechanics and propagation of waves through sea ice. A Bell 204 helicopter and crew were stationed at Fram 3 throughout the drift in order to support research efforts and camp operations. Several oceanographic buoys that used satellite telemetry were deployed during this time period.

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