Maximum Arctic sea ice cover. Composite satellite image centred on the North Pole, showing the extent of the seasonal maximum ice cover (white). This

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Maximum Arctic sea ice cover. Composite satellite image centred on the North Pole, showing the extent of the seasonal maximum ice cover (white). This year's maximum extent was the smallest on the satellite record and also one of the earliest.

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Photo credit: © NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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