Sea Ice

Information on Arctic Whales

Brightly coloured cranes in the port at Anadyr during the winter. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010

Plateau shaped mountains of level sedimentary layers. Cholmaksla, Brepollen. Hornsund. Svalbard.

At -40 degrees Celsius frost smoke rises off the freezing sea at the floe edge near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Wind clouds forming over melting sea ice in Northwest Greenland. 1997

An iceberg at the floe edge in winter. Melville Bay. N.W.Greenland. 1986

The Indiga, a tanker from Murmansk, delivering fuel oil to Sabetta during the winter. South Tambey Gas Field, Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Icebergs during the summer months in Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Summer storm in Inglefield Bay. It took out the very thin sea ice. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Pancake ice on the freezing sea in the autumn. Northwest Greenland. 1996

Aerial view of glaciers and nunataks in the very south of Spitsbergen showing crevasses and medial moraine, a watershed for glaciers. Spitsbergen

The floe edge in Tkachen Bay during the winter. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2010

First-year sea ice, Peel Sound, Central Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Hell Gate polynya, SW Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

A group of Brunnich's Guillemots take off from an ice floe. Spitsbergen.

Icebergs and small pieces of glacial ice floating in Inglefield Bay at sunrise. Northwest Greenland. 2008

Ice and its reflection. The Arctic in summer.

Kittiwake searches for small fish between ice floes in Storfjorden, Svalbard

Small iceberg and thawing sea ice at the mouth to Brepollen Fiord, Hornsund Fiord, snow still covers the mountains. Spitsbergen.

The guard with a rifle and some tourists visit the lateral moraine to a retreating Ankerbreen, St Jonsfjorden. Spitsbergen

Remnants of multi year sea ice thawing near Spitsbergen

At the entrance to Brepollen the sea ice has almost completely thawed. Hornsund. Svalbard

$Sea ice at low tide that is sitting on boulders on the beach that fracture and break the ice. Iqaluit. Canadian Arctic. Nunavut. 2008$
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Sea ice breaking up in the summer off the coast of Inglefield Bay in Northwest Greenland. North West Greenland. 1980

An aerial view of an iceberg with melting sea ice around it in the summer in Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland. 1980

The bow of the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn cutting through sea ice. Franz Josef Land. 2004

Melting ice floes under stratocumulus clouds off the coast of Svalbard

A cargo ship & icebreaker in Dudinka Port during the winter.Despite temperatures as low as -50C the port remains open throughout the winter. Taymyr, N. Siberia. 2004

Small pieces of sea ice reflected in the summer sea. Canadian Arctic. 2002

Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) resting at the floe edge. Summer is a time of plenty. N.W. Greenland. 1989

Bird stands on grease ice at freeze-up. North Greenland. 1987

Worker carries cuts ice from around the hull of a ship frozen into the harbour at Tiksi. N. Yakutia, Siberia. 2001

Caution!!! This Pix has B&C Alexander as a finger on the sign. North Pole. 1998

North Pole Sign at the top of the World. The North Pole Arctic Ocean. Digitally composed. 1998

Polar Poppy, Papaver polare grows along the ice locked shore of Hall Island. Frans Josef Land. Russian Arctic. 1998

Iceberg reflecting in a calm summer sea. North West Greenland. 1985

Iceberg reflected in a calm summer sea off Greenland. North West Greenland. 1985

The spectacular mountain scenery and its reflection in Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen.

Mountains and Glaciers in the summer months reflected in an ice free sea. Prins Karls Forland. Spitsbergen.

Guillemots fly in front of an iceberg floating in calm sea with reflection. N.W. Greenland. 1985