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Melting Woes: Antarctic Sea Ice at Record Lows

Shifting winds and warm air temperatures contributed to the record-low extent of sea ice around Antarctica in November.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published December 16, 2016
Data acquired 1978 - December 14, 2016

Source:
DMSP > SSM/I