NunatsiaqOnline 2013-03-08: NEWS: Huge Arctic sea ice crack, below-average ice extent for 2013: data center
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Huge Arctic sea ice crack, below-average ice extent for 2013: data center
“The 2013 fracturing is quite extensive”
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This NASA satellite image shows the crack in the Arctic sea ice which extends from Ellesmere Island to Barrow, Alaska.
This NASA satellite image shows the crack in the Arctic sea ice which extends from Ellesmere Island to Barrow, Alaska.
Arctic sea ice extent for February 2013 was 14.66 million sq/ km. The magenta line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. (IMAGE COURTESY OF THE NSIDC)
Arctic sea ice extent for February 2013 was 14.66 million sq/ km. The magenta line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. (IMAGE COURTESY OF THE NSIDC)
Brittle Arctic sea ice and less Arctic sea ice formation: that’s what characterizes Arctic sea ice during the coldest period of 2013.
A broad area of sea ice fractured off the coast of Alaska and Canada in February, leaving a crack from Ellesmere Island to Barrow, reports the Colorado-based National Snow and Ice Data Center.
