Sites: 18

 

 
Site 18
6 September
Latitude: 87 39.610 N
Longitude: 150 54.091 E

A small heavily deformed floe. It's mainly melt ponds, rubble, and ridges. Light fluffy snow with drifts as deep as 30 cm. The measurements included a snow depth and ice thickness survey, soot sampling, melt pond properties, and a characterization of the snow cover.



Photo and schematic of Site 18 showing ice conditions and layout of measurements.