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Ice Island off Labrador
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Ice Island off Labrador

A massive ice island is lingering off the coast of Labrador, Canada, after an 11-month journey from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland.

Published Jul 2, 2011

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Akpatok Island
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Akpatok Island

Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243 m) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds.

Published Feb 25, 2002

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Petermann Ice Island-A Off Newfoundland
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Petermann Ice Island-A Off Newfoundland

Acquired August 14, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, where it had apparently grounded a week earlier.

Published Aug 15, 2011

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Ice Island Drifts Southward
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Ice Island Drifts Southward

Acquired July 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows the ice island PII-A off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland.

Published Jul 28, 2011

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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island
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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island

Petermann Ice Island A still behaves like the massive ice sheet it left 14 months ago.

Published Sep 17, 2011

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Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland
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Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland

Off the coast of Greenland lies an island resembling a bony claw. Long connected to Greenland’s coast by ice, the island escaped recognition for what it was for nearly a century.

Published Jun 3, 2007

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Wrangel Island, Russia
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Wrangel Island, Russia

The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.

Published Aug 29, 2008

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Petermann Ice Island-A off Labrador
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Petermann Ice Island-A off Labrador

Acquired July 28, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A drifting in the Labrador Sea, within 30 kilometers of Belle Isle.

Published Jul 29, 2011

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Petermann Ice Island-A Splits, Drifts
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Petermann Ice Island-A Splits, Drifts

Acquired on the afternoon of August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A split in two off the Newfoundland coast.

Published Aug 23, 2011

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Pine Island Iceberg Breaking Loose
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Pine Island Iceberg Breaking Loose

The rift in the glacier is now completely open, and a large iceberg is moving out into Pine Island Bay.

Published Nov 14, 2013

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Bylot Island in Winter and Summer
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Bylot Island in Winter and Summer

Acquired March 9, 2012, and July 22, 2012, these images show stark differences between winter and summer on Canada’s Bylot Island.

Published Nov 30, 2012

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