Saturday, March 23, 2013

Arctic ice breaks up in Beaufort Sea



A series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada.
High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the evolution of the cracks forming in the ice, called leads, from February 17 -- March 18 2013.
The general circulation of the area is seen moving the ice westward along the Alaskan coast.

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