Warm temperatures and a stormy winter caused sea ice in the Bering Sea to plunge to record lows.
Published May 3, 2018Persistent, strong northerly winds have stretched the ice cover to its second widest extent.
Published Mar 20, 2012The Sea of Okhotsk is the lowest latitude area where sea ice forms each winter.
Published Jan 11, 2015In April 2016, unusually warm temperatures and heavy winds broke the sea ice pack to pieces.
Published May 20, 2016A spectacular view of sea ice was captured during an Operation IceBridge flight in 2014; the mission surveyed ice at both poles again in 2015, this time simultaneously.
Published Oct 4, 2015A combination of winds and currents steered sea ice into interlocking swirls.
Published May 16, 2017This pair of images shows Antarctic sea ice concentrations at the 2008 winter maximum and the 2009 summer minimum compared to the median ice extent from 1979–2000.
Published May 23, 2009In 2015, the annual maximum extent of Antarctic sea ice dropped below previous consecutive years of record highs.
Published Oct 18, 2015Acquired 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