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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing
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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing

Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.

Published Mar 1, 2012

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Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000
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Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000

Penny Ice Cap is the southernmost of Canada’s big ice caps. Like other glaciers and ice caps in the Northern Hemisphere, the Penny has been thinning and its valley glaciers have been retreating in recent decades.

Published Sep 18, 2008

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Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark
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Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark

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

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Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009
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Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009

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

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Melting Ice in Hudson Bay
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Melting Ice in Hudson Bay

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

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Kilimanjaro’s Shrinking Ice Fields
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Kilimanjaro’s Shrinking Ice Fields

A recent expedition revealed a new rift in Kilimanjaro’s northern ice field.

Published Nov 8, 2012

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Wilkins Ice Bridge Collapse
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Wilkins Ice Bridge Collapse

This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.

Published Apr 19, 2009

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2011 Sea Ice Minimum
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2011 Sea Ice Minimum

In September 2011, the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record.

Published Oct 5, 2011

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Ice Loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Ice Loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

These color-coded maps show ice mass changes in the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2004 to 2009.

Published Jun 1, 2011

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Grounded in the Caspian Sea
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Grounded in the Caspian Sea

A diamond-shaped piece of ice is a stranger amid thin ice.

Published Mar 1, 2017

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There Goes the Ice
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There Goes the Ice

Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August.

Published Jul 30, 2018

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Flying over Arctic Sea Ice
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Flying over Arctic Sea Ice

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

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A Mélange of Ice
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A Mélange of Ice

NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.

Published May 3, 2012

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