Marine accessibility along Russia's Northern Sea Route

Polar Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-133

  Stephenson, Scott R ^a   Brigham, Lawson W ^b   Smith, Laurence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ICE RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84903275653     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2013.845859     Document Type: Article

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