Human geographies of sea ice: Freeze/thaw processes around Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada

Polar Record

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-361

  Laidler, Gita J ^a   Dialla, Andrew ^b   Joamie, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; ICE COMMUNITY; ICE MECHANICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA ICE; WIND FORCING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; PANGNIRTUNG;

EID: 50549089127     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003224740800750X     Document Type: Article

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