“…For oil spills in icy waters, in situ burning is a suitable response measure and often may be the only clean-up technique available (Hume et al, 1983;Buist et al, 2011). According to Buist et al (2003), the key to effective in situ burning is oil slicks thicker than 3 mm and pack ice may enable Cold Regions Science and Technology 118 (2015) [76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90] burning by containing oil in the leads between the floes.…”