Puddling of ice begin- 

 ning south of 73°N; ac- 

 celerated fragmentation 

 of fields and floes 

 throughout Baffin Bay and 

 Davis Strait; fast ice 

 leaving shores in south 

 and narrowing in the 

 north and west; leads 

 and polynyasincreasing 

 in size and number; pack 

 along Greenland coast 

 breaking and boundary 

 receeding westward; 

 boundary North Open 

 Water moving southward 



Figure 7 



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