Sea Ice Marginal Zone in Front of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (IMAGE)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Sea Ice Marginal Zone in Front of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Sea ice marginal zone in front of West Antarctic ice sheet. Polynias, ice free corridors between the sea ice and land based ice sheets, are common in Antarctica today.

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Photo: M. Forwick

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