Sentences with phrase «old ice extending»
The latest ice age product (Figure 1), provided by Maslanik for June 21, 2010, shows the same lobe of old ice extending through the Beaufort Sea and into the Chuckhi Sea that was seen in the end of April product (see June report).
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Crucially, they also found that an ice core extending that far into the past should be between 2.4 and 3 - km long, shorter than the 800,000 - year - old core drilled in the previous expedition.
The age data also suggest that the old ice is closer to shore along the Alaskan coast than last year and also extends further into the Chukchi Sea.
Finds that these losses in the oldest ice now extend into the central Arctic Ocean and adjacent to the Canadian Archipelago; areas where the ice cover was relatively stable prior to 2007 and where long ‐ term survival of sea ice through summer is considered to be most likely
The 3 to 5 thousand years old ice shelves which once extended north of Ellesmere island are now down to the last fragments.
An interesting feature in both images is the tongue of old sea ice (red) extending into the southern Beaufort Sea.
Though this line of research isn't new — with modern studies stretching back to the 1950s and with end ice age upheaval research extending for nearly two centuries — recent events have served to underline old concerns.
In past decades, winter meant thick, years - old pack ice would extend over much of the Arctic Ocean.