NASA's ICESat-2 Measures Arctic Ocean's Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Cover (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's ICESat-2 Measures Arctic Ocean's Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Cover

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Scientists have used NASA's ICESat-2 to measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice, as well as the depth of snow on the ice. Here, ridges and cracks have formed in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.

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Credits: NASA / Jeremy Harbeck

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