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describe navigable portions of the sea.
There are two main
types of
polynyas:
coastal polynyas,
which can be
found year-round near the
Antarctic and
Arctic coasts...
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Cosmonaut polynya in the
Cosmonaut Sea
around Antarctica. The
presence of
polynyas in
McMurdo Sound provides an ice-free area
where penguins can feed, and...
- it for
spring p****age, this
polynya is one of the most
biologically productive marine areas in the
Arctic Ocean.
Polynyas are
often compared to oases...
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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...
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creating polynyas which opens up the
water surface to a cold
atmosphere during winter,
which further helps form more sea ice.
Antarctic coastal polynyas form...
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Leads vary in
width from
meters to
hundreds of meters. As is the case for
polynyas (another sea ice
feature involving open water),
leads allow the direct...
- 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...
- 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...
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young ice form - the Lena and
Novosibirsk polynyas. The
first information about the
existence of the
polynya was
obtained in the 18th century. As early...
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Between 1973 and 1986,
several polynyas have
occurred in
these waters, with the
totally enclosed Cosmonaut polynya attaining its
maximum size on July...
