I spend a weekend with family and friends and Nares Strait ice goes back to where it came from! Or did DMI just rename some old images to throw us off?
The 02-09 Sentinel image of Kane Basin shows that ice has generally moved 5 to 7 km 'upstream' since the 02-07 image (including Sonia's ice floe/berg). Some ice that was near the old bridge's edge has moved more toward Ellesmere Island than, strictly, upstream. The numerous leads in the ice suggests to me that it has actually started to move south again, with the 'southern' ice moving a mite faster than the 'more-northern' ice. I don't really believe the 'more-northern' ice is travelling 'north' more quickly (but this would also explain the leads).
It has been a delight to look at some of the images made available through
http://www.polarview.aq/arctic - thanks to the person on some other thread who published it [edit: Thanks, Arcticio, for posting on Neven's blog.]. These (and the 02-09 Sentinel image through DMI) show the fractured nature of the old bridge. I don't see any way for it to reestablish itself, and expect a lot more ice to pass through Smith Sound this winter*. (This, of course, doesn't prevent it from reestablishing itself.
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* - Is it still winter? I saw lots of bloodroot blooming in my yard this weekend. [Edit: +1s and a -1 C lows in coming week's forecast. I guess it still is winter here in north Florida.](
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguinaria)