B!! (J No available news Marine and Atmospherics Sciences Research Section Cryosphere Science Research Section Basic Cryoscience Research Section Boreal Environmental Sciences Research Section Sea Ice Research Laboratory $B!! (J Hokkaido University SEA ICE RESEARCH LABORATORY Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science Hokkaido University Catalogue InternetExplorer5.0 for best viewing ...

In winter, the Sea of Okhotsk is generally almost entirely covered with sea ice from late November to late May. Even in the southernmost part of the sea, along the northeastern sea coast of Hokkaido, the sea in general starts to freeze at early January and is covered with sea ice till late March. In the coastal regions off Hokkaido unstable ice pack found were, some consisting of drift ice from ...