Shore lead

NOAA Ship Surveyor in 1977.

A shore lead (or coastal lead) is an oceanographic term for a waterway opening between pack ice and shore. While the gap of water^[1] may be as narrow as a tide crack if closed by wind or currents, it can be as wide as 1,000 feet (300 m).^[2] Its formation can be influenced by tidal action, or subsurface conditions, such as current and ocean floor.^[2] Commonly, a shore lead is navigable by surface vessels.^[3]

An opening ("lead") between pack ice and fast ice is referred to as a flaw lead.^[3]

References[]

^ "Annual Ice". eoearth.org. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ ^a ^b Aufderheide, A.C.; Pitzl, G. (1968). "Observations on Ice Regions of the Arctic Ocean" (PDF). Arctic. ucalgary.ca. 23 (2): 135, 136. doi:10.14430/arctic3166. ISSN 0066-6963. OCLC 183414927.
^ ^a ^b "Lead". dbcp.noaa.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

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[1] "Annual Ice". eoearth.org. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[Aufderheide-2] Aufderheide, A.C.; Pitzl, G. (1968). "Observations on Ice Regions of the Arctic Ocean" (PDF). Arctic. ucalgary.ca. 23 (2): 135, 136. doi:10.14430/arctic3166. ISSN 0066-6963. OCLC 183414927.

[noaa-3] "Lead". dbcp.noaa.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

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