Grey sky view of sea ice expanse on sand beach, looking north to St Annes Pier and Steamer Jetty, 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. 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, several centimetres thick. Grey sky view of large expanse of sea ice on the beach in front of the Outer Promenade Seawall at St Annes, looking north to St Annes Pier and the old Steamer Jetty. St Annes Pier opened in 1885. Fires in 1974 and 1982 damaged the seaward end, which was demolished, so isolating the steamer jetty. The steamer jetty was once used by pleasure steamers, navigating the now silted-up North Channel of the River Ribble Estuary. The North Channel is visible on maps from the 1890s.
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Location: Sea ice on sand beach in front of Outer Promenade seawall, looking north to St Annes Pier and Steame
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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