Blue sky view, looking west, land-fast sea ice blocks lying saltmarsh Spartina grass, Fairhaven, Lancashire, UK

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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 olaces 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 between Fairhaven and St Annes, on Lancashire's Fylde Coast, in December 2010 displayed large areas of land-fast sea ice, several centimetres thick, Blue sky view, looking west, of sea ice on saltmarsh between Fairhaven (behind the camera) and St Annes.

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Size: 3594px × 1660px
Location: Blkue sky view sea ice on saltmarsh, looking west, Fairhaven, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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