Drifting ice in the Arctic Ocean in Svalbard. 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, one white iceberg floating behind. 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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Size: 3283px × 4924px
Location: Arctic Sea, North of Svalbard, Spitzbergen, North Pole
Photo credit: © WildScapePhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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