Off the tip of Urup Island, the difference between sea ice and island can be hard to identify.
Published Apr 19, 2010
About half of this archipelago in the Russian high Arctic is covered in ice.
Published Oct 1, 2018
Penguins, seals, and scientists are among the residents of a remote archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
Published Dec 28, 2016
This summertime, natural-color image shows the Åland Islands between Sweden and Finland.
Published Sep 20, 2011
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
Acquired May 19, 2010, this natural-color image shows the northwestern portion of French Polynesia’s Tuamotu Archipelago.
Published Jul 13, 2010
This true-color image of Novaya Zemlya from July 27, 2009, shows a glacier-capped northern island surrounded by mostly open ocean water.
Published Jul 30, 2009
This natural-color image shows Henrietta Island, with a smooth, dome-capped surface and a rugged coastline, illuminated by low-angled sunlight.
Published May 3, 2009
Acquired August 11, 2010, this false-color image shows the ice island that calved off Petermann Glacier.
Published Aug 13, 2010
