- A
polynya (/pəˈlɪnjə/) is an area of open
water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as a
geographical term for an area of
unfrozen seawater within otherwise...
- The
North Water Polynya (NOW), or
Pikialasorsuaq to
Inuit in
Greenland and
Sarvarjuaq to
Inuit in Canada, is a
polynya (area of year-round open
water surrounded...
- 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...
- 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...
-
McMurdo Sound Polynyas in
McMurdo Sound Riiser-L****n Sea Ross Sea
Scotia Sea
Somov Sea
Spencer Gulf
Weddell Sea
Weddell Polynya/Maud Rise
Polynya While all...
-
Between 1973 and 1986,
several polynyas have
occurred in
these waters, with the
totally enclosed Cosmonaut polynya attaining its
maximum size on July...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
factor contributing to the
frequent formation of the
Terra Nova Bay
polynya. The
polynya enables both
production of sea ice and high
salinity seawater. The...
