Land-fast sea ice with marginal blocks on sand expanse, south to grey clouds red susnet, beach east 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, several centimetres thick. A grey clouds sky orange sunset view, looking south across the River Ribble Estuary, of land-fast sea ice with marginal blocks on a wet sand beach expanse east of the Outer Promenade at St Annes.
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Location: Grey clouds, red sunset view sea ice blocks on the sand beach east of Outer Promenade, St Annes, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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