Ice bridges are unique features that form when sea ice consolidates and remains immobilized within channels. They form in many locations throughout the Arctic and are typically noted for the polynyas that form on their lee side. However, ice bridges also provide a temporary platform that may be used by both humans and wildlife to cross otherwise impassable channels. For generations, Inuit in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, have used an ice bridge to cross Roes Welcome Sound and expand their hunting territory, though they report that the bridge only forms approximately every four years. Of interest both to Inuit and the scientific community is why the bridge forms so intermittently, by what mechanisms, and whether the frequency will change with ongo...
Recent analyses have revealed trends over the past 20-30 years of decreasing sea ice extent in the A...
Variations in the distribution and radiocarbon ages of postglacial bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
Ice bridges are unique features that form when sea ice consolidates and remains immobilized within c...
Though polar ecologists consider sea ice primarily as a habitat for marine mammals, caribou use sea ...
Increased variability in weather and sea ice conditions due to climate change has led to high rates ...
A recently compiled 18-year record (1979 to 1996) of sea ice concentrations derived from four passiv...
Sea ice is an integral part of the marine ecosystem in the Arctic and important habitat for ringed s...
Information gained through Native experience is combined here with scientific measurements to descri...
The North Water Polynya (NOW) is an area of ocean between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that does n...
Ridges in sea ice and the convergent forces that form them are a serious hazard to ships traveling i...
In Hudson Bay, all the ice melts in summer, and the last areas to be ice-free (around mid-to-late Ju...
Nares Strait is one of three channels of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) which connect the Arc...
Although shorefast sea ice forms a platform that facilitates travel, camping, and hunting by Iñupiat...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
Recent analyses have revealed trends over the past 20-30 years of decreasing sea ice extent in the A...
Variations in the distribution and radiocarbon ages of postglacial bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
Ice bridges are unique features that form when sea ice consolidates and remains immobilized within c...
Though polar ecologists consider sea ice primarily as a habitat for marine mammals, caribou use sea ...
Increased variability in weather and sea ice conditions due to climate change has led to high rates ...
A recently compiled 18-year record (1979 to 1996) of sea ice concentrations derived from four passiv...
Sea ice is an integral part of the marine ecosystem in the Arctic and important habitat for ringed s...
Information gained through Native experience is combined here with scientific measurements to descri...
The North Water Polynya (NOW) is an area of ocean between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that does n...
Ridges in sea ice and the convergent forces that form them are a serious hazard to ships traveling i...
In Hudson Bay, all the ice melts in summer, and the last areas to be ice-free (around mid-to-late Ju...
Nares Strait is one of three channels of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) which connect the Arc...
Although shorefast sea ice forms a platform that facilitates travel, camping, and hunting by Iñupiat...
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is considered an indicator species of ecosystem health because of i...
Recent analyses have revealed trends over the past 20-30 years of decreasing sea ice extent in the A...
Variations in the distribution and radiocarbon ages of postglacial bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...