Sea-ice distribution in the Bering and Chukchi seas: Information from historical Whaleships' logbooks and journals

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-477

  Mahoney, Andrew R ^a   Bockstoce, John R ^b   Botkin, Daniel B ^c   Eicken, Hajo ^a   Nisbet, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b New Bedford Whaling Museum   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort sea; Bering sea; Chukchi sea; Historical data; Sea ice extent

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA SET; HISTORICAL RECORD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VESSEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 82855172417     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4146     Document Type: Article

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