A Brighter Summer under the Ice
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 15 Story 7 - 7/12/2011

A patchy summer landscape

In summer, off the north coast of Alaska, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas are a mosaic of open water, bare ice and melt ponds. Courtesy of Bonnie Light.
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A patchy summer landscape. In summer, off the north coast of Alaska, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas are a mosaic of open water, bare ice and melt ponds.