P. E. Hart R. L. Phillips Michael McCormick R.G. Perkin Ruth Jackson A. Gagnon Shusun Li Carl Byers K. R. Schwartz Arthur Grantz 1994 <p><span>This paper is a condensed version of a report on the preliminary results of a research cruise under the direction of the U. S. Geological Survey, on board the United States Coast Guard Cutter&nbsp;</span><i>Polar Star</i><span>&nbsp;to Northwind Ridge and Canada Basin of the Western Arctic Ocean, during the period August 16‐September 15, 1993. Major objectives of the cruise were to: survey the geology of the North‐wind Ridge and Canada Basin; determine whether radionuclide contamination from disposal of solid and liquid nuclear wastes by the former Soviet Union in the Kara and Barents seas had penetrated the North American Arctic; acquire sediment cores in support of research on the history of glaciation in the region; and gain a better understanding of water structure and currents, sea‐ice physics, and sediment and nutrient transport.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1080/10889379409377544 en Taylor & Francis Preliminary results of a binational research cruise in the Western Arctic Ocean article