Decadal decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent inferred from whaling records revisited on the basis of historical and modern sea ice records

Polar Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Ackley, Stephen ^a   Wadhams, Peter ^b   Comiso, Josefino C ^c   Worby, Anthony P ^d,e  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; HISTORICAL RECORD; SEA ICE; WHALING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

CETACEA;

EID: 0043027650     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2003.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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