Drifting ice in the Arctic Ocean. The pack ice floats as an ice sheet. Arctic circle north of Svalbard, Spitsbergen, North Pole.

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Arctic sea ice, the early stage of how the pack ice is developing. Slush ice covers the sea, different shapes of icebergs. This is the first stage of how Arctic sea ice is forming into pack-ice, afterward to a solid ice blanket. Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.

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Location: Arctic Sea, North of Svalbard, Spitzbergen, North Pole
Photo credit: © WildScapePhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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