Abstract: Variations in the extent of sea ice within the Greenland Sea on daily, seasonal, or longer time scales are well documented, while changes in ice conditions are not. By combining historical information on the location and ...

Abstract: Observations of naturally induced propagating waves in the fast ice cover of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, were made during the austral winter of 1986 with a rosette of three wire strainmeters. The data, collected over a ...

Abstract: The first Arctic under-ice sidescan sonar imagery from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has been obtained in the winter marginal ice zone of the East Greenland Current at 73°00?N, 11°47?W, using a Maridan Martin 150 ...

Abstract: Icefields composed of frazil and pancake ice play important roles in both polar regions in winter. During the early to midwinter period pancake ice is a major component of the Antarctic sea ice cover, while in the Arctic ...

Abstract: Iceberg trajectory, deterioration (mass loss), and sea ice data are reviewed to identify the sources of observed interannual and seasonal variations in the numbers of icebergs passing south of 48°N off eastern North America. ...