Queen Elizabeth Islands and Baffin Bay, Northern Canada

This true-color MODIS image from northern Canada shows the northernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Ellesmere Island, separated from the northwestern tip of Greenland by the slowly thawing Nares Strait.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Published June 15, 2001
Data acquired June 15, 2001

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt