In the North East East of Greenland, east of 79N Glacier and Zachariae Isstrøm or about 130 km / 72 Nm east of Kap Zachariae / Lambert Land, is NØIB (Norske Øer Ice Barrier), in the same area is Belgica Bank with its shallow water is also found.
According to many papers the area was historically covered with fast ice during the whole year, but in 2003 the fast ice disappeared , probably for the first time ever in modern time, the fast ice then recovered to some degree again over the years, but in the otherwise cold arctic summer of 2013 the fast ice almost left the scene again, only a small piece NØIB-2013 survived, but why this stubbornness?
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