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The Arctic Seas - Climatology, Oceanography, Geology, and Biology (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)
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The Arctic Seas - Climatology, Oceanography, Geology, and Biology (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)
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The Arctic region has long held a fascination for explorers and
scientists of many countries. Despite the numerous voyages of
exploration, the na ture of the central Arctic was unknown only 90
years ago; it was believed to be a shallow sea dotted with islands.
During Nansen's historic voyage on the polarship Fram, which
commenced in 1893, the great depth of the central basin was
discovered. In the Soviet Union, investigation of the Arctic Ocean
became national policy after 1917. Today research at several
scientific institutions there is devoted primarily to the study of
the North Polar Ocean and seas. The systematic exploration of the
Arctic by the United States com menced in 1951. Research has been
conducted year-round from drifting ice islands, which are tabular
fragments of glacier ice that break away from ice shelves. Most
frequently, ice islands originate off the northern coast of
Ellesmere Island. These research platforms are occupied as weather
sta tions, as well as for oceanographic and geophysical studies.
Several inter national projects, conducted by Canadian, European,
and U. S. groups, have been underway during the last three decades.
Although much new data have accumulated since the publication of
the Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Arctic Seas volume in
1974 (Yvonne Herman, ed. ), in various fields of polar
research-including present-day ice cover, hydrogra phy, fauna,
flora, and geology-many questions remain to be answered.
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