US Naval Oceanographic Office 
Hydrographic Department 
NSTL Station, MS 39529 
(601) 688-4015, FTS 494-4015 
Publication 
Oceanographic Atlas of the Polar Seas, Part II, Arctic 
H. O. Publication No. 705 
Publication Date: 1958 (Reprinted 1968) 
Location: Arctic Ocean and vicinity 
Period of Coverage: Most of the charts in this atlas were completed 
in early 1957 from all available data at that 
time. 
Contents: This atlas contains seven main sections: Tides and Currents, Ice, 
Physical Properties, Distribution of Oceanographic Observations, Marine 
Biology, Marine Geology, and Wind-Sea-Swell Data. 
The Tides and Currents section contains information on the type of tide, 
cotidal lines, spring tide range, general surface circulation, major drifts of 
vessels and ice islands, circulation of Atlantic waters in the Arctic Ocean, 
and other more site-specific data. 
The Physical Properties section has data in chart form of water tempera- 
ture, air-sea temperature differences, water salinity and water density in 
surface chart and vertical section form, and water color and transparency 
data. 
The Ice data are presented for each month in chart form that shows the 
percent sea surface covered by ice (concentration). Variability data and 
maximum and minimum isolines are drawn on each monthly chart. Many freeze and 
breakup dates at specific sites are included along with other site-specific 
data. 
The Wind-Sea-Swell Data section contains seasonal surface wind roses and 
state of sea (chart with isolines showing percent frequency of seas 5 ft and 
greater) data, seasonal swell charts, and an accumulated frequency distribu- 
tion of height-period combinations and directional distribution of periods of 
surface waves for specific areas at different seasons, and station wave height 
data. 
The Marine Geology section includes map subsections on geologic struc- 
ture, ocean basins, coastal plains and continental platforms, continental 
shields, fold systems, bottom sediments, gravity, magnetism, bathymetry, and 
seismicity-—tsunami-volcanoes. 
The Marine Biology section contains fouling, marine algae and seagrass, 
marine mammals, and the deep scattering layer phenomena. 
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