The Weddell Polynya, or Weddell Sea Polynya, is a polynya or irregular area of open water surrounded by sea ice in the Weddell Sea of the Southern Ocean... 6 KB (668 words) - 18:16, 13 February 2024 |
A polynya is a non-linear area of open water surrounded by sea ice. Polynya may also refer to: Polynia (ship), a ship crushed in sea ice in 1891 and commemorated... 404 bytes (88 words) - 07:33, 9 December 2023 |
Between 1973 and 1986, several polynyas have occurred in these waters, with the totally enclosed Cosmonaut polynya attaining its maximum size on July... 3 KB (373 words) - 14:23, 12 October 2023 |
high density of floating ice and icebergs in the open areas. However, a polynya of about 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi), known as the North Water, opens in... 22 KB (2,389 words) - 20:46, 22 August 2023 |
the Arctic. Comiso located the recurring polynya in the Cosmonauts Sea, south of the Indian Ocean. A polynya is a semi-permanent area of open water in... 51 KB (5,686 words) - 16:25, 23 April 2024 |
Bering Sea shelf edge. To the south of the island there was a persistent polynya in 1999, formed when the prevailing winds from the north and east blow... 18 KB (1,961 words) - 11:43, 15 January 2024 |
legendarium. "Nuuk (Air)" – 4:50 "Polynya I" – 6:33 "Nuuk (Day)" – 7:27 "Amras" – 5:37 "Nuuk (Night)" - 4:15 "Polynya II" - 7:25 "Nuuk (End)" - 6:00 2004... 1 KB (131 words) - 03:59, 9 March 2023 |
of sea ice as perching sites and presumably hunting mostly seabirds in polynyas. In February 1886, a snowy owl landed on the rigging of the Nova Scotia... 201 KB (25,958 words) - 19:32, 18 April 2024 |
wind Lead (sea ice) – Fracture that opens up in an expanse of sea ice Polynya – Area of unfrozen sea within an ice pack Pressure ridge (ice) – Linear... 6 KB (766 words) - 10:55, 14 February 2024 |
The species tends to frequent areas where sea ice meets water, such as polynyas and leads, to hunt the seals that make up most of its diet. Polar bears... 95 KB (12,387 words) - 20:18, 24 April 2024 |
Coastal polynyas are produced in the Antarctic by katabatic winds... 8 KB (830 words) - 15:55, 17 April 2024 |
surface: Lead (sea ice), a large fracture within an expanse of sea ice Polynya, an area of open water surrounded by sea ice Open Water (album), a 2006... 2 KB (262 words) - 23:33, 22 February 2024 |
Sea ice (section Leads and polynyas) surface more easily. Polynyas are more uniform in size than leads and are also larger – two types are recognized: 1) Sensible-heat polynyas, caused by the upwelling... 35 KB (4,667 words) - 14:44, 27 March 2024 |
Basin, Canada). A pod of orcas (likely 10-12 animals) was trapped in a polynya, and a young man visited the site in spite of advice from elders to wait... 49 KB (5,833 words) - 18:37, 9 April 2024 |
Amdrup Land. The waters around the islands are part of the North East Water polynya, a seasonal area of open water surrounded by ice. List of islands of Greenland... 4 KB (158 words) - 06:44, 7 December 2023 |
Vok Beverages, Australian drinks manufacturer Vök, an Icelandic term for Polynya Vlky (in Hungarian Vök), a village and municipality in Senec District in... 647 bytes (122 words) - 15:48, 27 March 2016 |