Comprehensive study of old ice ridges in the Arctic Ocean
Abstract
In May 2015, a comprehensive study of an old ice ridge was carried out to the north of Bennett Island in the East-Siberian Sea with application of water thermal drilling, tachometric and sonar surveys, video survey by the underwater device and methods for determination of the ice strength and physical properties. It is shown that only a combination of different methods allows us to obtain a correct assessment of the main morphometric characteristics of a large ice feature and determine its volume and mass. An analysis of ice ridge internal structure parameters obtained by the method of water thermal drilling with the drilling rate record to a logger made it possible to reveal a composite character of the ice feature (the ice ridge consisted of a larger old fragment and a smaller first-year fragment) and approximately assess its age (3-4 years). A comparison of the main morphometric characteristics of an old ice ridge and the average values of first-year ice ridges, investigated in the same region at the same period of time showed the old ice ridge to have significantly greater geometric parameters. The old ice ridge volume and mass were greater compared to the average first-year ice ridge by 5.6 and 5.8 times, respectively. Such significant advantage of the old ice ridge is likely to be determined by the composite character of the ice feature rather than by its age. The average for the entire composite ice ridge thickness of the consolidated layer (4.6 m) is almost two-fold greater than the average thickness of the consolidated layer in the first-year ice ridges (2.33 m), and the average value of the consolidated layer in the ice ridge old part (5.22 m) is 2.2 times greater than in first-year ice ridges. An old ice ridge is characterized by an almost complete flatness (without any possibility to identify some separate blocks) and minimal sail porosity (1 %). The salinity and density of ice comprising the old ice ridge sail were much lower than in first-year ice ridges. The sail/keel ratio is greater on average in first-year ice ridges – 3.46 against 3.07 in the old ice ridge. The average ice density in the old ice ridge, determined analytically in accordance with the buoyancy conditions, was 896 kg/m3, and the average ice density in first-year ice ridges based on measurement data was 917 kg/m3.
About the Authors
Roman B. GuzenkoRussian Federation
Senior Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts, PhD
Yevgeny U. Mironov
Russian Federation
Head of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts, Ph.D
Victor V. Kharitonov
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts, PhD
Stepan V. Khotchenkov
Russian Federation
Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts
Ruslan I. May
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts, PhD
Viktor S. Porubaev
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts, PhD
Sergey M. Кovalеv
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher of the Department of Sea Ice and Ice Forecasts
Konstantin А. Kornishin
Russian Federation
Yaroslav О. Efimov
Russian Federation
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For citation: Guzenko R.B., Mironov Y.U., Kharitonov V.V., Khotchenkov S.V., May R.I., Porubaev V.S., Кovalеv S.M., Kornishin K.А., Efimov Y.О. Comprehensive study of old ice ridges in the Arctic Ocean. Ice and Snow. 2020;60(3).
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