Author(s): P. Liferov; S. Loset; P. O. Moslet; B. Bonnemaire; K. V. Hoyland
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Abstract: An ice ridge with dimensions of 3.7×3.7×1.4 m was artificially produced close to the beach in Svea in the Van Mijen fjord on Svalbard. An opening was made in the ice and the level ice was cut into pieces and thrown in the opening to form a ridge. The ridge was left to consolidate for a month and then pulled towards the beach to investigate first year ice ridge-sea bed interaction. The pulling force as well as horizontal and vertical displacements of the ridge were measured. Keel failure indicators were installed in the ridge for measuring the destruction of the keel when it contacts the seabed. Profiling of the seabed was done before and after the experiment.
Year: 2002