Great Siberian Polynya

A space photo of part of the Arctic. On the left side of the photo is the Great Siberian Polynya

The Great Siberian Polynya (‹See Tfd›Russian: Великая Сибирская полынья) is a strip of open water and young ice that regularly forms beyond the outer edge of the fast ice in the area from Bolshoy Begichev Island in the Laptev Sea to the Medvezhyi Islands in the East Siberian Sea. This strip of open water is also often referred to as the Siberian Polynya. In some years, the polynya significantly decreases and two relatively independent areas of open water and young ice form - the Lena and Novosibirsk polynyas.[1]

  1. ^ Гуков А.Ю. (2009). "Великая Сибирская полынья, век XXI" (PDF) (in Russian) (1 (16)). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-14. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)