7. Acknowledgements

• Jan Backhaus of Institut für Meereskunde, University of Hamburg for providing the Valdivia data, and the photographs of the ice encountered during the Valdivia cruise as well as for a number of discussions on the development of the 1996 Odden feature.
• Andy Watson from University of East Anglia for providing the cruise track of the James Clark Ross in July-August.
• The Marshall Space Flight Center for providing the SSM/I passive microwave data.
• ESA for providing the ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR images.
• The Commission of the European Union who provided the funding for the project under contract MAS2-CT93-0057, the European Subpolar Ocean Project, 1993-1996.
• The Norwegian Meteorological Institute and in particular Inger Hanssen-Bauer for providing the Jan Mayen meteorological observations.
• The British Navy for providing the Trafalgar data.