POINT BARROW TRIALS. FY 1959. INVESTIGATIONS ON THICKENED SEA ICE
Abstract
During the winter of 1958-59, trials were conducted at Point Barrow, Alaska, to investigate techniques for increasing the thickness of sea ice. Several test pads, were constructed on a natural ice sheet by various experimental methods. Each technique was studied from the standpoint of the construction problems involved and certain characteristics of the ice produced. The temperatures, salinities, densities, and strengths of the various types of constructed sea ice were compared with those of natural sea ice. Basically, three methods of surface-thickening natural sea ice were investigated: confined flooding, free flooding, and spraying and sprinkling. Free flooding was the most promising of the techniques studied. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 23, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0275502
Entities
People
- A.i. Funai
- J.e. Dykins
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center