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Archive: Sun Dec 2020

Ice leads in the Beaufort Sea

Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) showed widespread ice leads in the Beaufort Sea during the 18 December – 20 December 2020 period. Some existing leads increased in width and/or length as they migrated westward, while some new leads were seen to form as land-fast ice fractured off... Read More