Ice conditions offshore West Greenland

Abstract

An offshore West Greenland licensing found was formally approved by the Danish Minister of Energy on 26 March 1992, and announced in industry journals in the following months. To give interested companies an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the political framework, licensing terms, geology of the licensing area and general working conditions in Greenland, presentations were held in Europe and North America (Christiansen et al., this report. In addition GGU prepared a special information package 'Offshore West Greenland – Exploration Information 1992' for the licensing round. One of the enclosures in this package is a brief review of ice conditions offshore West Greenland with particular reference to the licensing area (Thomsen, 1992; Fig. 1). The licensing round failed to attract any applications, but ice conditions offshore West Greenland remain of prime interest to any group planning geophysical or environmental studies in the area. For this reason a summary of the report enclosed in the information package is given here.