Abstract

AbstractDuring December 1973 the initial smooth ice cover on the Chukchi Sea near Barrow, Alaska, broke away from the shore during a period of strong wind and was replaced by a cover of broken, rafted ice which remained for the rest of the winter. Cores pulled from this cover were examined visually, and the salinity and density of sections of the cores were measured. Temperatures at several depths in the ice were recorded continuously, and these are presented near the date when the temperature gradient changed sign. Despite large deviations probably due to the irregularity of the ice cover, thickness and salinity followed the patterns seen by other observers.

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