landfast

Segments of the ice pack that are firmly frozen to the shore are known as landfast ice.

Arctic Ocean 2008

Interannual variability of landfast ice thickness in the Canadian High Arctic, 1950 – 89.

Arctic climate variability in the twentieth century 2009

Maximum thickness of landfast ice measured at four coastal locations in the Canadian Arctic, plotted as (a) annual values and (b) five-year moving averages [9].

Permafrost in the Arctic 2009

The thickness of arctic sea-ice cover is also likely to change in response to climate change, and it is possible that this will affect the design of offshore structures for ice loadings, and the design of ice roads used to access structures over landfast ice in winter.

Infrastructure and climate in the Arctic 2009

Figure 6.29 illustrates the variability in the annual maximum thickness of landfast ice measured at four coastal locations in the Canadian Arctic.

Permafrost in the Arctic 2009

Density distribution of fish in the presence of whales at the Admiralty inlet landfast ice edge.

Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota 2009

There are places, however, where wide, predictable leads form between the landfast ice and the free-floating pack ice.

Arctic Ocean 2008

Offshore winds push ice away from the coast creating a gap of open water between the landfast ice and the pack ice - a shore lead.

Arctic Ocean 2008

Further losses from the ice shelves and landfast sea ice of northern Ellesmere Island are to be expected, …

Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves « Climate Audit 2007

Dating of the ice itself only reveals the date at which the sea ice formed, NOT the date when it bacame landfast.

Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island « Climate Audit 2007