Dear Authors,

We have received the reviews on the manuscript "Sea Ice Drift and Arch Formation in the Robeson Channel Using Daily Coverage of Sentinel-1 SAR Data During the 2016–2017 Freezing Season" by Shokr et al. The journal recommendation is to revise the manuscript and re-submit it in the revised form. The comment are attached in a separate file. Please check carefully the comments and address them in the manuscript.

Specifically, comments have been made on the absences of the discussion of the tidal influences on the ice drift. On a wider context, please consider adding discussion on how the arching phenomenon can affect ice and ocean in the region.

From the Editorial, I would suggest to look at the observational oceanographic studies by Muenchow et al. 2006 and 2008 in JMR and Washam et al. 2018 in JPO. Except for Shroyer et al. (2015), the manuscript refers to the work done in the 1970s. Despite scarce observations in the area, there some, which might useful in the context of the present study.

Please clarify your answers in the replies. If your are not addressing some of the criticism, you need to explain the reason.

Look forward to receiving your revised manuscript.

Best wishes,

Yevgeny

Dear Authors,

Thank you very much for submitting the revised version of the manuscript and for replying to the reviewers' comments in detail. On behalf of the journal I am happy to accept the revised version of the manuscript for publication.

Thank you for choosing "The Cryosphere" to publish your research.

Best wishes,

Yevgeny Aksenov (Editor for The Cryosphere)