Understanding the Factors Contributing to Pressured Ice in the Hudson Strait, Canada: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Winter Ship Besetments

• Main Author: Ogilvie, Annika
• Other Authors: Dawson, Jackie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2019
• Subjects: Sea Ice; Arctic Shipping; Hudson Strait; Ship Besetments; Pressured Ice; Ice Ridges; Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Salluit; Sea ice; ice covered waters
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39881; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-24120

Ice strengthened vessels travelling through Arctic waters can have extreme difficulty passing through areas of ice pressure. Pressured ice and ice ridges can cause ships to become stuck, or beset, introducing additional environmental and economic costs. Understanding where and when ridges are formin...