Northwest Passage Nearly Open

This image shows sea ice around the Northwest Passage as observed by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 22, 2007. McClure Strait, Parry Channel, Victoria Strait, and McClintock Channel (north of Victoria Strait), all appear nearly ice-free. North of McClure Strait, an area of sea ice remains, but it is fragmented.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Northwest Passage Nearly Open.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Thanks to Walt Meier, NSIDC; U.S. National Ice Center; and John Falkingham, Environment Canada - Canadian Ice Service for image interpretation.

Published August 28, 2007
Data acquired August 22, 2007

Source:: Aqua > AMSR-E