Aerial view of the perennial ice patch IP2 (identified by the red circle) in July 2016 (photo Gautier Davesne) |
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| Latitude : | 83.0816667 | |
| Longitude : | -74.075277 | |
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The perennial ice patch IP2 is located on Ward Hunt Island, off the north coast of Ellesmere Island.
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The ice patch IP2 is located on the upper section of an hillslole between 115 and 140 m above sea level. Its surface is inclined at 10 to 140° and faces east-north-east. Its dimensions are approximately 400 m in length by 200 m in width at the end of the melting season. The maximum ice thickness was about 250 cm in the central part in the summer of 2017.
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