H.R. Jackson J.W. Shimeld C.B. Chapman Jonathan R. Childs T. Funck R.W. Rowland Deborah Hutchinson 2009 <p>This article describes the logistical challenges and initial data sets from geophysical seismic reflection, seismic refraction, and hydrographic surveys in the Canada Basin conducted by scientists with U.S. and Canadian government agencies (Figure 1a) to fulfill the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to determine sediment thickness, geological origin, and basin evolution in this unexplored part of the world. Some of these data were collected using a single ship, but the heaviest ice conditions necessitated using two icebreakers, similar to other recent Arctic surveys [e.g., Jokat, 2003].</p> application/pdf 10.1029/eost2009EO23 en American Geophysical Union Acquiring marine data in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean article