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Thin sea ice swirled along the east coast of Greenland in October 2012, against a backdrop of overall thinning sea ice.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Graph by Jesse Allen based on modeled ice volume data from the Polar Science Center, University of Washington. Caption by Michon Scott with information from Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published October 27, 2012
Data acquired October 17, 2012

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Aqua > MODIS