[2] The World Meteorological Organization [1970] defines a polynya as ''any non-linear
shaped opening enclosed in (sea) ice... Sometimes the polynya is limited on one side by the …

Polynyas are nonlinear‐shaped openings within the ice cover, ranging in size from 10 to
105 km2. Polynyas play an important climatic role. First, winter polynyas tend to warm the …

Preface the basins of the Arctic Ocean and to present these data in common or parallel
formats. A coherent picture of sediment and organic carbon inputs from the ocean's margins …

We used stable carbon (l3C/I2C) and nitrogen (fS~/'") isotope analysis to investigate
linkages between sources of primary production and the pelagic and benthic components of …

In spring 2002, the Swedish icebreaker Oden conducted an extensive oceanographic
survey of the East Greenland Current from north of Fram Strait to south of Denmark Strait as …

The abundance and chemistry of the planktonic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma (sinistral coiling) have long been used as tools for monitoring polar surface …

Over a decade of mooring measurements in the western Fram Strait at 78° 50′ N shows
that the annual mean liquid freshwater flux (FWF) in the East Greenland Current is relatively …

The interaction between sea ice and glaciers has been studied for the floating tongue of
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier, northeast Greenland (79° 30'N, 22° W). Information from …

Fjord and continental shelf environments in the polar regions are host to some of the planet's
most productive ecosystems and support economically important fisheries. Their …

Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier (79NG) is the largest of three marine‐terminating outlet
glaciers draining the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. To understand how Atlantic waters …