The objective of this study was to advance our understanding of the Arctic Ice conditions and formation in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas offshore Alaska. The study had six (6) individual goals:
Describe the ice conditions at several stages during the freeze-up seasons;
Document early shear zone and landfast ice development;
Locate and map ice features for the design and operation of offshore facilities;
Locate and map ice encroachment and measure ice thicknesses associated with ice pile-ups;
Correlate ice movement events with the corresponding meteorological conditions; and
Compare 2009 Freeze-up season movement events in historical context with prior studies.
Project completed as of May 2010. Final Report findings to be publicly available on November 1, 2014