The study provides a comprehensive documentation of iceberg groundings off Canada's east coast. Sophisticated criteria to identify and verify grounding events have been developed. A data base containing iceberg tracking data and related information has been compiled. The data base includes data on 2,728 icebergs tracked at well-site locations by drill-rig radars, 868 icebergs tracked by shore-based radars off Newfoundland and Labrador and in Baffin Bay, 40 icebergs tracked by satellite in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea for periods up to 309 days, and about 65,000 iceberg sightings reported by the International Ice Patrol (United States Coast Guard).

122 papers were presented during 14 sessions: Arctic database; Ice properties; Icebreaking vessels; Ice modelling; Arctic port design; Geotechnical; Ice-structure interaction; Ice morphology; Ice dynamics; Ice, climate and forecasting; Spray ice; Remote sensing; and 2 special symposia on Noise and marine mammals, and Steel/concrete composite structural systems.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.