Sea ice from the Foxe Basin tends to be rougher and more stained than other parts of the Arctic.
Published May 24, 2014
Off the tip of Urup Island, the difference between sea ice and island can be hard to identify.
Published Apr 19, 2010
June is a time of transition around the New Siberian Islands as snowmelt uncovers the sea ice and gives way to bare land.
Published Dec 1, 2018
As sea ice around Russia’s New Siberian Islands thins and breaks-up each summer, it takes on the appearance of stained glass.
Published Nov 23, 2018
Acquired August 2, 2009, this gray-scale image is made from thermal observations. The image shows that Charcot Island, long connected to Antarctica by the Wilkins Ice Shelf, was circumnavigable in the Southern Hemisphere winter of 2009.
Published Aug 14, 2009
Hunters in the Belcher Islands keep a close eye on changing sea ice.
Published Jun 6, 2017
Persistent, strong northerly winds have stretched the ice cover to its second widest extent.
Published Mar 20, 2012
Warm temperatures and a stormy winter caused sea ice in the Bering Sea to plunge to record lows.
Published May 3, 2018
Sea ice that has been tinged brown is common in this part of the Canadian Arctic.
Published Sep 24, 2018
Sea ice formed delicate swirls along the coast of Baffin Island in this true-color image acquired July 11, 2009.
Published Jul 24, 2009
About half of this archipelago in the Russian high Arctic is covered in ice.
Published Oct 1, 2018
A mixture of ice types exists where frozen water meets open water.
Published Mar 11, 2015
Filaments of sea ice stretch across the waters off southern Greenland, an area that is typically ice-free.
Published May 18, 2019
The structure that prevents sea ice from exiting the Arctic Ocean through the Nares Strait crumbled months earlier than usual.
Published Jun 26, 2019
This late summertime shot captures sea ice and land ice in Russia’s northernmost territory.
Published Jan 7, 2012
