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Description
Breaking fracturing ice in a lead. Without the dark of the water and new ice inthe lead, this would be near whiteout conditions where sky and ice blendtogether and the horizon is indistinguishable in a continuous white landscape.
Credit
Collection of Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colon, Chief Scientist National Ice Center
Display Date
2008 September 12
Location
Alaska, Beaufort Sea
Collection
Paths Less Taken
Keywords
Arctic Moods