University of Alaska, Institute of Water Resources
Abstract
This report presents the results of a 10-day geophysical and
biological survey in western Camden Bay, in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.
The primary objective of this survey was to confirm the existence of
boulders and cobbles on the seafloor as reported by Barnes (1981, 1982).
The survey area extended from the eastern edge of the Canning River (mud
flat area) to Kangigivik Point and seaward to the 14m contour line
(Fig. 1). A solid boundary of pack ice prevented any survey work
seaward of the 14m contour. We had proposed to examine the seabed to
the 18m contour.This work was
supported by the Bureau of Land Management through an interagency
agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
under which a multiyear program responding to needs of petroleum
development of the Alaskan Continental Shelf is managed by the Outer
Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) office
