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On July 20, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy steamed south in the Arctic Ocean toward the edge of the sea ice. The...
STS099-722-077 (11-22 February 2000) ---Both topography and bathymetry combine with wind and sea currents to produce...
The northeast coast of Hokkaido and Kunashir Island, Japan (44.0N, 143.0E) are seen bordered by drifting sea ice....
ISS039-E-11773 (14 April 2014) --- Photographed with a camera equipped with an 80mm lens from the International...
ISS012-E-15918 (24 Jan. 2006) --- Belle Isle and a portion of Newfoundland, Canada are featured in this image...
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute used data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge to...
On March 31, the P-3 departed Thule, Greenland. IceBridge teams flew a science transit flight to Kangerlussaq,...
It's spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, and the polar region is still blanketed by seasonal carbon dioxide...
This image covers a unique polar dune field during northern spring, revealing some interesting patterns. The main...
ISS030-E-162344 (15 March 2012) --- Ice floes along the Kamchatka coastline are featured in this image photographed...
ISS012-E-14621 (6 Jan. 2006) --- A portion of Lake Puma Yumco and parts of Tibet and China are featured in this...
ISS012-E-14618 (6 Jan. 2006) --- A portion of Lake Puma Yumco and parts of Tibet and China are featured in this...
ISS012-E-14620 (6 Jan. 2006) --- A portion of Lake Puma Yumco and parts of Tibet and China are featured in this...
ISS012-E-14619 (6 Jan. 2006) --- A portion of Lake Puma Yumco and parts of Tibet and China are featured in this...
ISS028-E-024146 (2 Aug. 2011) --- Kaliningrad and Baltic Sea, Russia are featured in this image photographed by an...
NASA image captured January 4, 2012 Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but one kind of road depends on...
This perspective view shows the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the...
STS081-715-004 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- As photographed with a 70mm camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, this...
How does climate change affect humans? That's the question we asked Tom Wagner, Program Scientist for Cryospheric...
STS060-94-072 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- The city of Montreal is located on the island of Montreal at the confluence of the...
The late winter sun shone brightly on a stunning scene of clouds and ice in the Davis Strait in late February, 2013....
ISS015-E-05977 (1 May 2007) --- Den Helder, Netherlands is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15...
Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea captured August 14, 2011. At times nature exceeds the ability of the artist’s...
A recent study led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California that seawater will...