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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Arctic Ice Got Smaller, Thinner, Younger This Winter


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Arctic sea ice is shown at its maximum extent during winter 2008-09 in an illustration based on NASA satellite data.

Though the season did not see a record low for ice cover, it did witness the smallest percentage yet of hardy, melting-resistant ice, U.S. officials announced on April 6, 2009.

Illustration courtesy NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio