Acquired October 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows an ice menagerie off the coast of East Antarctica.
Published Oct 23, 2011
The tip of the Antarctic Peninsula showed dramatic seasonal changes in late January 2008. On January 24, 2008, the fast ice looked solidly frozen. Several days later, on January 30, 2008, the ice’s new blue hue suggested something had changed.
Published Feb 6, 2008
Changing weather conditions left their mark on sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula in late 2008 and early 2009. In mid-December 2008, melt water resting on the sea ice colored it sky blue. At the beginning of 2009, however, the sea ice appeared snowy white, and cracks had begun along the ice margin.
Published Jan 9, 2009
NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.
Published May 3, 2012
In 1984, there were 1.86 million square kilometers of old ice spread across the Arctic at its yearly minimum extent. In September 2016, there were only 110,000 square kilometers of old ice left.
Published Nov 4, 2016
Enough ice lines the coasts of Sweden and Finland in this natural-color image from March 5, 2010, that it is difficult to tell where the coast ends and the sea begins.
Published Mar 5, 2010
Sea ice from the Foxe Basin tends to be rougher and more stained than other parts of the Arctic.
Published May 24, 2014
A diamond-shaped piece of ice is a stranger amid thin ice.
Published Mar 1, 2017
Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.
Published Mar 1, 2012
Thin sea ice swirled along the east coast of Greenland in October 2012, against a backdrop of overall thinning sea ice.
Published Oct 27, 2012
