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Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.
Published Mar 1, 2012
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
NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.
Published May 3, 2012
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
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
In September 2011, the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record.
Published Oct 5, 2011
A diamond-shaped piece of ice is a stranger amid thin ice.
Published Mar 1, 2017
Acquired October 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows an ice menagerie off the coast of East Antarctica.
Published Oct 23, 2011
This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 19, 2009
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
Located in East Antarctica, Astrolabe Glacier streams out from the interior of Antarctica to dump ice into the sea.
Published Mar 26, 2011
A recent expedition revealed a new rift in Kilimanjaro’s northern ice field.
Published Nov 8, 2012
