Friday, December 11, 2009

The Canadian Arctic Seen from Space

This Envisat image shows the snow-covered Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic. The icy body of water is Fox Basin, a shallow extension of the Atlantic Ocean.
The basin remains ice-covered for most of the year, with landfast ice (sea ice that remains attached to the coast) dominating in the shallower northern waters and pack ice [...]



Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/2009/12/11/the-canadian-arctic-seen-from-space/

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