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Sea Ice Surrounds Shikotan
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Sea Ice Surrounds Shikotan

Acquired February 14, 2011, this natural-color image shows sea ice swirling around Shikotan Island at the southern end of the Kuril chain.

Published Feb 20, 2011

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Manning Islands, Nunavut, Canada
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Manning Islands, Nunavut, Canada

Sea ice from the Foxe Basin tends to be rougher and more stained than other parts of the Arctic.

Published May 24, 2014

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Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk

Off the coast of northern Japan and eastern Russia, a swirl of currents push ice around in a clash of winter and summer currents.

Published Apr 28, 2014

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Icescapes of the Anzhu Islands
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Icescapes of the Anzhu Islands

June is a time of transition around the New Siberian Islands as snowmelt uncovers the sea ice and gives way to bare land.

Published Dec 1, 2018

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Yesterday and Tomorrow Islands
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Yesterday and Tomorrow Islands

Which country is closest to the United States without sharing a land border?

Published Jan 27, 2018

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Sea Ice off Baffin Island
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Sea Ice off Baffin Island

Sea ice formed delicate swirls along the coast of Baffin Island in this true-color image acquired July 11, 2009.

Published Jul 24, 2009

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Drift Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Drift Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk

Carried by winds and currents, sea ice can reach the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.

Published Mar 19, 2020

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Sea Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Sea Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

As Arctic sea ice grew toward its maximum extent, it began to fill the Gulf of St. Lawrence in February 2013.

Published Feb 20, 2013

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Spring Freeze in the Labrador Sea
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Spring Freeze in the Labrador Sea

Filaments of sea ice stretch across the waters off southern Greenland, an area that is typically ice-free.

Published May 18, 2019

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Charcot Island, Antarctica
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Charcot Island, Antarctica

Acquired August 2, 2009, this gray-scale image is made from thermal observations. The image shows that Charcot Island, long connected to Antarctica by the Wilkins Ice Shelf, was circumnavigable in the Southern Hemisphere winter of 2009.

Published Aug 14, 2009

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Ice Island Drifts Southward
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Ice Island Drifts Southward

Acquired July 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows the ice island PII-A off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland.

Published Jul 28, 2011

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Petermann Ice Island-A off Labrador
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Petermann Ice Island-A off Labrador

Acquired July 28, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A drifting in the Labrador Sea, within 30 kilometers of Belle Isle.

Published Jul 29, 2011

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Petermann Ice Island-A Off Newfoundland
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Petermann Ice Island-A Off Newfoundland

Acquired August 14, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, where it had apparently grounded a week earlier.

Published Aug 15, 2011

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Sea Ice Imitates the Shoreline along the Kamchatka Peninsula
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Sea Ice Imitates the Shoreline along the Kamchatka Peninsula

Acquired April 13, 2010, this natural-color image shows a long formation of sea ice with a shape that mimics the features of the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Published Apr 15, 2010

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Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea
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Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea

A combination of winds, currents, storms, and young ice came together to produce a wave of fractures in Arctic sea ice off the coast of northern Alaska.

Published Mar 29, 2013

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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island
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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island

Petermann Ice Island A still behaves like the massive ice sheet it left 14 months ago.

Published Sep 17, 2011

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