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Northern Hokkaido, Japan
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Northern Hokkaido, Japan

Sea ice formed delicate swirls of blue and white in the Sea of Okhotsk in February 2009.

Published Feb 27, 2009

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Sea Ice off Southwestern Alaska
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Sea Ice off Southwestern Alaska

A blanket of white covered southwestern Alaska in mid-January 2012.

Published Jan 22, 2012

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Sea Ice in the Bering Strait
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Sea Ice in the Bering Strait

A mosaic of sea ice shifted across the Bering Sea west of Alaska on February 5, 2008.

Published Feb 14, 2008

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Ice Varieties along the Antarctic Coast
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Ice Varieties along the Antarctic Coast

The land and sea along Antarctica’s Mawson Coast offer a study in ice forms.

Published Dec 31, 2011

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Sea Ice off the Princess Astrid Coast
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Sea Ice off the Princess Astrid Coast

Swirls of ice drift in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast.

Published Apr 6, 2015

Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice

Bering Sea Teeming with Ice
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Bering Sea Teeming with Ice

Persistent, strong northerly winds have stretched the ice cover to its second widest extent.

Published Mar 20, 2012

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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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Historic Low Sea Ice in the Bering Sea
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Historic Low Sea Ice in the Bering Sea

Warm temperatures and a stormy winter caused sea ice in the Bering Sea to plunge to record lows.

Published May 3, 2018

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Summer in Greenland
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Summer in Greenland

Published Jun 22, 2008

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The White Sea, Russia
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The White Sea, Russia

Published May 11, 2001

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Mapping Snow on Arctic Sea Ice
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Mapping Snow on Arctic Sea Ice

First-of-a-kind maps show how the depth of this insulating snow layer changes from month to month.

Published May 27, 2020

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Polynya North of Alaska
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Polynya North of Alaska

Published Sep 23, 2006

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Sea Ice in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
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Sea Ice in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Acquired April 11 and 24, 2012, these images show the movement of sea ice in the Bering Sea with the advance of spring.

Published May 6, 2012

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North Slope of Alaska
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North Slope of Alaska

Along the northern Arctic shores of Alaska, ice, snow, and cold dominate the landscape, even on a sunny day in June.

Published Feb 19, 2006

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