Aerial photograph of sea ice breaking up in Laubeuf Fjord, Antarctica showing the varied & intricate patterns as it breaks into floes. As the summer a

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Aerial photograph of sea ice breaking up in Laubeuf Fjord, Antarctica showing the varied & intricate patterns as it breaks into floes. As the summer advances the fast ice becomes waterlogged & honeycombed with meltpools on the surface. As it deteriorates, cracks appear & eventually huge areas may be rapidly carried out to sea by the wind. Sea ice in enclosed bays & fjords remains longer into the summer months than the ice on exposed coasts.

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Size: 5200px × 3377px
Photo credit: © SIMON FRASER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: antarctic, antarctica, environment, floe, ice, sea