NP-18
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Parameter Time Coverage (Years)
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"NORTH POLE-18" DRIFTING STATION (first shift)
Drift duration: 176 days.
Mean speed: 6.4 km/day
Drift track length: 935 km
Ice floe size at opening: 13,600x7400 m
"NORTH POLE-18" DRIFTING STATION (second shift)
Drift duration: 342 days.
Mean speed: 6.06 km/day
Drift track length: 2072 km
Ice floe size at opening: 3000x3000 m
"NORTH POLE-18" DRIFTING STATION (third shift)
Drift duration: 355 days.
Mean speed: 5.67 km/day
Drift track length: 1960 km
Ice floe size at opening: 1200x1800 m at the shift start changing to 2300x1600 m at the shift end. (part of the adjoining ice floe froze together with the ice floe of the station).
"NORTH POLE-18" DRIFTING STATION (fourth shift)
Drift duration: 192 days.
Mean speed: 6.86 km/day
Drift track length: 1320 km
Ice floe size at opening: 2300x1600 m at the shift start reducing to 1500x1500 m at closing the station