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Walgreen Coast, West Antarctica
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Walgreen Coast, West Antarctica

Low-angled sunlight highlights topography and ice textures along Walgreen Coast in West Antarctica on March 14, 2010.

Published Apr 13, 2010

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Scientists Locate Penguins by What They Leave Behind
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Scientists Locate Penguins by What They Leave Behind

A guano stain betrays the location of an emperor penguin colony on Antarctic ice in this Landsat image from December 4, 2002.

Published Jun 5, 2009

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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent
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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent

This map shows sea ice extent around Antarctica on September 22, 2013, when ice covered more of the Southern Ocean than at any other time in the satellite record.

Published Oct 1, 2013

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On the Edge of Ice in the Amundsen Gulf
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On the Edge of Ice in the Amundsen Gulf

A mixture of ice types exists where frozen water meets open water.

Published Mar 11, 2015

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Thick and Thin Ice in the Weddell Sea
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Thick and Thin Ice in the Weddell Sea

New elevation measurements will give researchers an unprecedented understanding of the thickness of sea ice, which will be used to help improve climate modeling and forecasts.

Published Dec 18, 2018

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New Map of Antarctica’s Icy Edge
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New Map of Antarctica’s Icy Edge

This image shows the latest estimate of the ice edge around Law Promontory, which juts out from East Antarctica’s coastline near Stefansson Bay.

Published Jul 23, 2010

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Icy Fingers in the Weddell Sea
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Icy Fingers in the Weddell Sea

As a result of the collision, blocks of ice slide above and below each other in a pattern that resembles a zipper or interlocking fingers.

Published Nov 22, 2017

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Changing Sea Ice along the Antarctic Peninsula
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Changing Sea Ice along the Antarctic Peninsula

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

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Swirls along an Ice Highway
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Swirls along an Ice Highway

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

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Antarctic Ice North of the Weddell Sea
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Antarctic Ice North of the Weddell Sea

Winds pushed Antarctic sea ice north of its typical location in February 2013.

Published Mar 1, 2013

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Ice in the Weddell Sea
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Ice in the Weddell Sea

Areas of new sea ice are visible in the vicinity of the Larsen C ice shelf off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Published Jan 2, 2018

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