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ESA satellite images can help IPY expeditions in the Arctic Ocean
 
30 March 2007

 
 
Ward Hunt Island
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This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image acquired on 4 March 2007 shows a significant extent of leads – fractures and openings – in the sea-ice north of Ward Hunt Island located on the north coast of Ellesmere Island.

Credits: ESA-KSAT 2007
 
 
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