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Figure 4.42
Vertical section of the top 140 mm of a MY melt pond ice core, obtained from Lancaster Sound in
May 1992, photographed (a) between crossed polarizers, (b) in scattered light, and horizontal section at 90 mm
depth photographed (c) between crossed polarizers [
Shokr and Sinha,
1994].
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Snow ice
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Figure 4.43
Vertical section of MY melt pond ice at depths between 150 and 270 mm of an old floe in Lancaster
Sound in May 1992, photographed (a) between crossed polarizers and (b) in scattered light illustrating bubbly
snow ice and the transition from snow ice to columnar‐grained ice [
Shokr and Sinha,
1994].
