[RightWhale]

Has to do with high winds, which is a fact of life on the north slope. If you look at a satellite image or even a USGS topo map of the region you will see it is covered with lakes in summer, and the lakes, which are sinkholes in the permafrost and would otherwise be round or at least of random shapes, are elongated in a direction. Wind does that.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

"Well I’m no expert, but it could be that the hydrothermal properties of this region produce hurricane force ice storms that cause the ocean to freeze, then melt, than refreeze, resulting in a semi-solid migrating land mass that would land a ship right around here."