Ice in Hudson Bay starts melting each April, and melts away completely each July. Images from early April and early June 2012 document the ice retreat.
Published Jun 17, 2012
Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August.
Published Jul 30, 2018Image of the Day Water Unique Imagery Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Hunters in the Belcher Islands keep a close eye on changing sea ice.
Published Jun 6, 2017
When the ice on Hudson Bay breaks up and melts away, polar bears head to shore for a few months. This year they stayed out a little longer.
Published Jul 28, 2017
Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt seals, their preferred prey.
Published Aug 10, 2020
Sea ice in an East Antarctic bay broke up, providing access to Cape Denison for the first time in six years.
Published Mar 4, 2016
Lakeshore residents of Linwood, Michigan, were invaded by mountains of ice on the evening of March 8, 2009, as winds drove ice ashore from Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron. These images show the break-up of ice on the bay.
Published Mar 11, 2009
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
Two ice caps north of St. Patrick Bay on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, retreated to just a fraction of their original size.
Published Mar 24, 2016
Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.
Published Mar 1, 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
This pair of maps shows how the sea ice covering the Arctic at winter maximum in 2009 is younger than it was in the past.
Published Apr 10, 2009
Acquired in 2003, 2004,and 2005, these images show an intermittently ice-filled bay in the wake of the 2002 collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Published Apr 9, 2010
Taken from a low-flying airplane on March 26, 2011, these detailed photos of Arctic sea ice show the richly varied texture in the ice floe.
Published Apr 1, 2011
In September 2011, the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record.
Published Oct 5, 2011
Taken near the northernmost extent of the space station’s orbit, this photograph shows ice growth in the midst of freezing season near James Bay.
Published Jan 31, 2019
Sea ice from the Foxe Basin tends to be rougher and more stained than other parts of the Arctic.
Published May 24, 2014
