Fresh melt water runoff from the surface of sea ice drains into a crack

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During the Arctic spring the surface of the frozen arctic ocean begins to crack under stress as the ice thins from above and the actioon of currents and warmer sea water below These cracks or leads act as drains for meltwater runoff from the surface

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Location: Baffin Island Borden peninsula Canada Lancaster Sound
Photo credit: © louise murray / Alamy / Afripics
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