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North Pole Sea Ice Minimum 2009
Published September 19, 2009
On September 12, 2009, sea ice reached its annual minimum extent, covering 5.10 million square kilometers (2.97 million square miles) of the Arctic Ocean. This image shows the 2009 ice extent compared to the 1979-2000 average.
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Glaciers Flow into a Greenland Valley
Published September 13, 2009
These true-color images show wide-area and close-up views of glaciers flowing into a largely dry, linear valley in western Greenland on August 29, 2009.
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Northwest Passage, Late August 2009
Published September 3, 2009
Acquired August 27, 2009, this true-color image shows the partial opening of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Besides some ice-free and ice-clogged channels, the image also shows the varied topography of snow-free islands.
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Lake Missoula
Published August 5, 2009
This false color Landsat 7 image was collected on June 1, 2001 using bands 2, 4 and 3.
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Melt Ponds on Greenland’s Ice Cap
Published April 7, 2007
Thinner than the 2.3-kilometer-thick center, the outer edges of the Greenland ice sheet develop melt zones like the one shown here during the warm summer months.
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Detailed View of Arctic Sea Ice
Published February 1, 2007
For many years, scientists have expected that climate change will be more rapid and dramatic at the poles than at lower latitudes, an expectation that has been demonstrated both with climate models and recent observations of snow and ice, surface temperatures, vegetation, and permafrost.
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C-19 icebergs off Mawson Peninsula, Antarctica
Published January 22, 2004
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B-15A, B-15J, and C-16 icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Published December 30, 2003
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B-15A, B-15J, B-15K, and C-16 icebergs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
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Published December 18, 2003
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The Hindu Kush
Published December 10, 2003
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