Pack Ice in Lancaster Sound
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This is last winters pack ice, melting unevenly from below the water as well from above, it contains melt pools from its own demise that are frequently melted through to the sea below.
Air temp: +5ºC Latitude: 74º34'N Longitude: 88º58'W
Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise to the High Arctic in high summer, from Resolute Bay, Canada to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.