Blue sky grey-white clouds broken sheet of land-fast sea ice blocks on sand beach north of St Annes Pier, Lancashire, UK

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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 blocks of sea ice, several centimetres thick. Blue sky white grey-clouds view of expanse of sea ice on the sand beach, looking seawards, north of St Annes Pier.

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Size: 4165px × 2724px
Location: Blue sky white clouds view land-fast sea ice expanse on sand beach, north of St Annes Pier, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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