Drift velocities of ice floes in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea flaw zone: Determinants of success by spring subsistence whalers in 2000 and 2001

Arctic

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-362

  Norton, David W ^a,b   Gaylord, Allison Graves ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b Arctic Rim Research   (United States)

^c Nuna Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Flaw zone; Ice motion; Nearshore sea ice; Spring whaling

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; ICE MOVEMENT; SEA ICE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WHALING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 11144259310     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic513     Document Type: Article

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