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Science 6 July 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4094, pp. 56 - 58
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4094.56
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Oil and Ice in the Arctic Ocean: Possible Large-Scale Interactions

W. J. Campbell 1 and S. Martin 2

1 Ice Dynamics Project, U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, Washington 98416
2 Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

The diffusion and transport mechanisms generated by the pack ice dynamics of the Beaufort Sea, combined with the slow rate of biodegradation of oil under Arctic conditions, would combine to diffuse an oil spill over the sea and eventually deposit the oil on the ice surface, where it would lower the natural albedo over a large area.


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