Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009 - selected image

Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009 - selected child image

Data acquired February 1 - 28, 2009
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Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009

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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Amount of Old Ice in Arctic Hits Record Low in February 2009.

NASA images by Jesse Allen, based on data provided by James Maslanik and Chuck Fowler, University of Colorado and NSIDC. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey, with input provided by Walt Meier, NSIDC.

Published April 10, 2009
Data acquired February 1 - 28, 2009

Source:: DMSP