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Martech Polar
- Polar Ship Operations
Notes for Operating Ships in Ice
Covered Waters
Updated 17/12/04
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M/T
Uikku in 10/10ths Ridged Thick First
Year Ice
Sea Ice motion over the Arctic
Basin.
Click image to animate.
(Courtesy
NOAA Arctic
Theme Page)
"Sea ice shows up as various
shades of grey and open ocean as
blue. Each image is a snapshot of
sea ice cover each day with the
date shown in the lower part of
each image.
In general lighter shades of grey
are newly formed first year ice
and the dark shades of grey are
older multi-year ice. The motion
of large ice floes and the
formation leads can be seen quite
well during the winter months."
Provided by
Tom Agnew,
Meteorological Service of Canada.
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