Sea ice formed delicate swirls of blue and white in the Sea of Okhotsk in February 2009.
Image of the Day Land Water Snow and Ice
A blanket of white covered southwestern Alaska in mid-January 2012.
A mosaic of sea ice shifted across the Bering Sea west of Alaska on February 5, 2008.
Image of the Day Life Water Snow and Ice
The land and sea along Antarctica’s Mawson Coast offer a study in ice forms.
Image of the Day Land Snow and Ice
Swirls of ice drift in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast.
Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Persistent, strong northerly winds have stretched the ice cover to its second widest extent.
Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice
June is a time of transition around the New Siberian Islands as snowmelt uncovers the sea ice and gives way to bare land.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
Warm temperatures and a stormy winter caused sea ice in the Bering Sea to plunge to record lows.
Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
Image of the Day Snow and Ice
Image of the Day Water
First-of-a-kind maps show how the depth of this insulating snow layer changes from month to month.
Image of the Day Heat Water
Acquired April 11 and 24, 2012, these images show the movement of sea ice in the Bering Sea with the advance of spring.
Along the northern Arctic shores of Alaska, ice, snow, and cold dominate the landscape, even on a sunny day in June.
Image of the Day Land Life Water Snow and Ice