Grey sky view, looking east, wide expanse of land-fast sea ice on 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, displayed large areas of land-fast sea ice, several centimetres thick. Grey sky view, looking east, of wide expanse of land-fast sea ice and frosty sand-dunes on the sand beach east of the Outer Promenade Walkway at St Annes. Ice floes are seen on the surface of seawater receding from the beach.
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Location: Land-fast sea ice expanse, looking east, on the beach east of St Annes, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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