Eric Baccega / Melting ice at Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, April 2009.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ice floes as sea ice breaks up in summer off coast of Northwest Greenland, 1980.
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Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice melting, creating patterns over spring sea surface, Lancaster sound, Canadian Arctic
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Sergey Gorshkov / Aerial view of meltwater lake, with birds flying over surface, Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia, June 2010
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ice thawing on Lake Isdammen, where it degrades into candle ice, floating on the surface before melting away. Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2008.
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Eric Baccega / Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) surfacing amongst melting ice with Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) resting on ice. Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada, July.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Lower Kriz Lake with ice melting on surface, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Lower Kriz Lake with ice melting on surface, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2009
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Colin Monteath / Solid pack ice and surface melt water, Arctic Ocean
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Colin Monteath / Solid pack ice and surface melt water, Arctic Ocean
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DOC WHITE / Bowhead whale {Balaena mysticetus} surfacing amongst melting ice, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic
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Doug Allan / Aerial view of melting pack ice in spring, Canadian Arctic
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Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic
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Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic
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Christoph Becker / Melting ice on lake at Grimselpab, Switzerland
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Doug Allan / Bearded seal in melting pack ice {Erignathus barbatus} May Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway
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Doug Allan / Bearded seal in melting pack ice {Erignathus barbatus} May Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway