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pl23_arct0013.jpg

Grease ice forming as the Arctic Ocean cools with the approaching winter

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Description

Grease ice forming as the Arctic Ocean cools with the approaching winter.Note damping effect of ice on small wind waves.See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

Credit

NOAA Climate Program Office, NABOS 2006 Expedition

Photographer

Mike Dunn

Display Date

2006 August 31

Location

Arctic Ocean, north of western Russia

Collection

Paths Less Taken

NOAA Affiliation

NC State Museum of Natural Sciences