Grey-yellow clouds white sunshine view land-fast ice expanse towards old steamer jetty, beach north of St Annes, Lancashire, UK
The winter of 2010-2011 included the coldest December since Met Office Records began in 1910. The mean December 2010 temperature was minus 1 degree Celsius. In some places the temperature was down to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 F). Late November to Boxing Day 2010 included two spells of severe winter weather in the UK with very low temperatures and significant snowfall. The beach in and around St Annes, on Lancashire's Fylde Coast, in December 2010 displayed large areas of land-fast sea ice blocks, several centimetres thick. Here we see an expanse of sea ice, on the north side of St Annes Pier, towards the old steamer jetty. The pier opened in 1885. Fires in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in the seaward end of the pier being demolished, so isolating the steamer jetty. Pleasure steamers, navigating the now-siilted up North Channel of the River Ribble Estuary, picked up passengers at the wooden steamer jetty. The North Channel is visible on maps from the 1890s.
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Location: Sea ice expanse on the beach north of St Annes, towards the old steamer jetty, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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