US maps Arctic floor in preparation for the giant meltOf Rich Arctic FloorUS maps Arctic floor ahead of big melt
SEP 03, 2007
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021437
Wall Street Journal : In the Arctic this week, researchers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy are mapping claims to the spoils of global warming.North of Alaska, the 23 scientists of the Healy are gathering the data legally required to extend national territories across vast reaches of the mineral-rich seafloor usually blocked by Arctic ice. Fathom by fathom, multibeam sonar sensors mounted on the Healy’s hull chart a submerged plateau called the Chukchi Cap, in a region that may contain 25% of the world’s reserves of oil and natural gas.
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