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1: Arrival in Kugluktuk
2: Flying to the Ship
3: Steaming to the Beaufort Sea
4: CABOS Mooring is Recovered
5: Work Underway
6: Moorings, Moorings, and Moorings
7: Polar Bear Sighting
8: Searching for the Perfect Ice
9: Ice Surface Buoys
10: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Observing System Is In Place
11: Chemistry From the Surface to the Bottom
12: Signs of Sea Ice and Another Polar Bear

Image : Dispatch 8: Searching for the Perfect Ice


Sea ice fields from an altitude of 400 meters. Some of the ice fields are huge (up to 10 miles in diameter, not shown here) but this is first-year ice with thickness less than 100 cm. In September and October, strong storms can destroy these fields and our buoy could sink. Stronger, thicker ice is needed.

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Last updated: October 7, 2019
 


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