The polynya opens up in May 2020 (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

The polynya opens up in May 2020

Caption

A polynya grows in the Last Ice Area above Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The gap in the ice was open for around two weeks in May 2020 due to strong, anticyclonic winds in the Arctic.

Credit

NASA EOSDIS Worldview

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