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Foxe Basin’s Scenic Sea Ice

Currents, tides, and winds arrange the basin’s floating ice into intricate patterns during the summer melting season.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 5, 2024
Data acquired July 15, 2024

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2