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Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland North Coast

These Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images from July and August 2002 show the summer thaw around Ellesmere Island, Canada, (west) and northwest Greenland (east). As summer progression, the snow retreats from the coastlines, exposing the bare, rocky ground, and seasonal sea ice melts in fjords and inlets. Between the two landmasses, the Nares Strait joins the Arctic Ocean (north) to Baffin Bay (south).


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 29, 2002
Data acquired July 31 - 31, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth