dark grey sky over the frozen Chukchi Sea indicates an open lead of water off Point Barrow Arctic Alaska

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Location: Utqiagvik Barrow eastern Chukchi Sea National Petroleum Reserves North Slope Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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