Jökull - 01.12.1972, Page 9

JUL
AG
1950-59
SEPT OKT
NOV DES
Fig. 5.
Sea ice in the
vicinity of Ice-
land July—Dec-
ember 1950—’59.
5. mynd.
Hafis við strend-
ur Islands júli—
desember 1950—
’59.
^59y 7~ °s^y 7 EIF- U
%% ÍT' W /
* *
^5éT) j " / .
^55^> ~7~7
J tp
y
* * * %>
* * * -* *
^5cT) * * *
time of liis death (Eythorsson 1953—1966, Sig-
tryggsson 1967, Sigurdsson 1969).
The conditions for collection of data on the
sea ice near Iceland have improved tremend-
ously in the last decade and a half. Special
long range ice reconnaissance flights are made
now and then to the sea areas north and north-
east of Iceland, and their reports are issued
regularly. Satellites take several pictures daily
of the main ice, and infrared satellite pictures
are also fairly frequent, giving information on
ice conditions during the long polar night.
And in Iceland at least, popular interest in sea
ice and sea ice research has increased, reports
of sea ice from ships are much more frequent
than before, and nunierous short range recon-
naissance flights are made over the ice while
it is near the Icelandic coasts.
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