Arctic Ice Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16865268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute (China)), L S Koenig, L Koenig (0000-0002-6057-8483, China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute (China)), Keith R Greenaway (China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute (China)), Moira Dunbar (China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute (China)) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 1952-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic3901 |
| OpenAlex | W1520185336 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 9 |
Contains an account of the discovery of two groups of "ice islands" evidently originating on the north coast of Ellesmere Island. Their size, shape and surface structure, as well as tracking the drift of the large ice islands by planes and radar, are discussed by Major Koenig (from U.S.A.F. "Ptarmigan" and other flights), and by Squadron-Leader Greenaway (from Canadian flights and air photographs). Extensive documentation is presented (by Miss Dunbar) of 19th-20th century explorers' references to, and observations of such "islands". The probability of their origin from shelf ice and the character of the ice shelf of Northern Ellesmere is presented (by Mr. Hattersley-Smith). Special consideration is given to three very large islands (identified as T1 T2 T3), their discovery, positions and movement, description, seasonal changes, etc.; with additional data on smaller "islands," arranged according to the areas of their presence. From the air the "floating islands" are easily distinguishable from pack ice by their large size, homogenous appearance, very regular, characteristically patterned surface, and a fixed shape suggesting great thickness and hardness. Bibliography (about 40 items)
Arctic · Arctic ice pack · Cryosphere · Geography · Ice shelf · Iceberg · Physical geography · Sea ice · The arctic · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Geology · Oceanography
Climate change and ice hazards in the Beaufort Sea
Geomorphological Evidence of Holocene Climatic Change from Northwest Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic
Glaciers in the Arctic
Northern Ellesmere Island, 1953 And 1954
Marvin's Ice Shelf Journey, 1906
Meteorological Activities in the Canadian Arctic
Exceptionally Large Icebergs and Ice Islands in Eastern Canadian Waters
Arctic Ice Island and Ice Shelf Studies
Glacial Boulders on the Arctic Coast of Alaska
Four Hundred and Fifty-Year-Old Skeletal Remains of Atlantic Cod ( Gadus morhua ) Found on Multiyear Ice in High Arctic Canada
Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T
A Note on Arctic Oceanography and the Lomonosov Range
The growth, structure and disintegration of Arctic ice shelves
The drift of ice islands from the Arctic Ocean into the channels of the Canadian Arctic archipelago
North Greenland ice islands
Ice-shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic
The source and calving of ice island Arlis-II
Frederick Cook and the Forgotten Pole
A Freshwater Budget of the Gulf of Boothia, Northwest Territories
Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes
Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery'
New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions
An Eskimo Discovery of an Island North of Alaska
Relic Glacial Forms on the Western Seaboard of Graham Land
Structure and Glaciers of Southern Ellesmere Island
The Present Climatic Fluctuation
The Problem of the Great Ross Barrier
The Stagnation and Dissipation of the Last Ice Sheet
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1954 - 2018 (65) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |