The thickness and ridging of pack-ice causing difficult shipping conditions in the beaufort sea, summer 1991

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-487

  Melling, Humfrey ^a   Riedel, David A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 0030519735     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1996.9649573     Document Type: Article

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