Open water in the Arctic Ocean (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Open water in the Arctic Ocean

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Scientific instruments hang over the ice-free Arctic Ocean during one of the expeditions that contributed data to a recent study published in Frontiers of Marine Science. Sea ice can be seen on the horizon.

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Photo from Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System.

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