Aerial images of sea ice during the Oden_AO2018 campaign (Arctic Ocean 2018: MOCCHA - ACAS - ICE) Central Arctic / North Pole drift station in 2018 on IB ODEN

35 oblique aerial images of sea ice (.jpg) were obtained during helicopter and drone flights during the Oden_AO2018 campaign (Arctic Ocean 2018: MOCCHA - ACAS - ICE) Central Arctic / North Pole drift station in 2018 on IB ODEN. The images display the drifting, melt-pond covered multi-year ice (MYI) floe close to the geographic North Pole in autumn 2018 on which the IB ODEN was anchored to. The images were taken on 14, 16, 28 August and 13 September. The images document the evolution of melt ponds between their fully developed stage in late summer towards their autumn characteristics with a refrozen surface and finally a snow cover.

For details, please see the respective publication Anhaus, P., Katlein, C., Nicolaus, M., Hoppmann, M., and Haas, C.: From Bright Windows to Dark Spots: The Evolution of Melt Pond Optical Properties during Refreezing. Currently under review in Geophysical Research Letters. Preprint available doi:10.1002/essoar.10507628.1

For the cruise report, please see Leck, C., Matrai, P. A., Perttu, A.-M., and Gårdfeldt, K. (2019): Expedition report: SWEDARTIC Arctic Ocean 2018. Luleå: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-8405