ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎪᏢᎯ ᎢᎪᏢᎯ ᎢgᏁᎸᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎠᎹ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳᏛᎯ. ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎠᎴ salty, ᎪᎯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎾᎾᎢ ᎬᏩᏚᏫᏛ ᎪᏣᎴᏍᏗ 1.8 °C. ᎦᏣᏄᎳ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ Ꮎ ᎤᎭ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎨᎳᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᎹᏳᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎧᏁᏉᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᏄᏉᏫᏍᎬ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎦᏙᎯ. ᎦᏇᏅᏗ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎩᏓᎵ ᏌᏊ ᎢᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ ᎬᏙᏗ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏄᏚᏓᎸᎾ ᎤᎩᏓᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎭ ᏭᏪᏙᎢ blocked ᎾᎥᎢ ᎦᏙᎯ-ᎠᏠᏯᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᎤᏓᏂᏝᏅ ᏧᏆᎫᎣᏔᏅᏒ. ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ floe ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎩᏓᎵ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ, Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎦᏲᎵᎨ ᎬᎾᏬᏍᎬ 10 kilometers (ᏑᏓᎵ ᎢᏳᏟᎶᏛ) ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Ꮝ ᏭᏔᏅ ᏂᎦᏅᎯᏒ. Wider ᎢᎦᏛ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏯᏅᎲ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᏕᎦᎶᎨᏒ.