ARCTIC OCEAN - A multi-year ice floe slides down the starboard side of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the ship heads north into even thicker ice. 'You can tell that this is a multi-year ice floe by the light blue melt ponds that have formed on top of the floe,' said Pablo Clemente-Col—n, chief scientist at the National Ice Center. Arctic Ocean, August (2009) Credit: , USCG

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