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Data acquired November 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012 720 x 405 JPEG
Data acquired November 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012 3840 x 2160 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired November 1, 1979 - January 31, 1980 720 x 405 JPEG
Data acquired November 1, 1979 - January 31, 1980 3840 x 2160 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.
Image by the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio based on data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Caption based on a story by Maria-José Viñas, NASA Earth Science News Team.
Published March 1, 2012 Data acquired November 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012