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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #700 on: June 24, 2016, 11:18:13 AM »

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #701 on: June 26, 2016, 02:55:20 AM »
Reminds me of mammatus clouds of an approaching mesocyclone. :)

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #702 on: June 26, 2016, 11:47:56 PM »
interesting optical illusion, looks like a huge incoming tsunami :-)

melting is still approximately 1 month ahead of other years.

would make a nice image for real life rorschach tests :-)

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #703 on: June 27, 2016, 05:38:16 PM »
Quote from: magnamentis
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would make a nice image for real life rorschach tests :-)

Or a nasty jigsaw!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #704 on: June 28, 2016, 04:01:44 AM »
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would make a nice image for real life rorschach tests :-)

Or a nasty jigsaw!
I felt bad once leaving a jigsaw for my parents to do: so I glued the finished product to a canvas... well: it's half finished...with missing pieces and a few random ones yet to be glued in a big gap!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #705 on: June 28, 2016, 03:03:52 PM »
The webcam at Barrow has not updated since June 24 😮



Longyearbyen working just fine 😌


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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #706 on: June 30, 2016, 03:51:36 PM »
first i though: where's that ice coming from a those temps ?

but it's not an ice floe, it's that cloud that is mirroring in the water that is flat like a mirror :-)
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #707 on: July 06, 2016, 08:26:04 AM »
The algae bloom north of Scandinavia.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #708 on: July 06, 2016, 08:48:09 AM »
The algae bloom north of Scandinavia.
I was just looking at that self-same thing on Worldview, wondering if I should toss it up. 

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #709 on: July 06, 2016, 09:00:48 AM »
first i though: where's that ice coming from a those temps ?

but it's not an ice floe, it's that cloud that is mirroring in the water that is flat like a mirror :-)
Friggin 'eck... i never really liked photos much before until NOW!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #710 on: July 06, 2016, 09:19:23 AM »
The algae bloom north of Scandinavia.

Yes, its mostly a coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi
e.g. http://www.soes.soton.ac.uk/staff/tt/eh/satbloompics.html

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #711 on: July 07, 2016, 12:44:15 AM »
Kane basin shattered, we must be days away from transport in Nares strait.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #712 on: July 09, 2016, 01:12:01 AM »
Clear skies over Nares strait.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #713 on: July 13, 2016, 08:16:15 AM »
Kane basin is on the move as is the ice bridge facing the Petermann fjord.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #714 on: July 14, 2016, 03:15:16 PM »
Are the folk caught gathering on the beach by the Barrow webcam looking at a polar bear.... or is it just an ice floe.... or, looking closely, could it be two bears?

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #715 on: July 14, 2016, 03:18:50 PM »
Are the folk caught gathering on the beach by the Barrow webcam looking at a polar bear.... or is it just an ice floe.... or, looking closely, could it be two bears?

ice floe, you can download the image for better ( larger ) view

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #716 on: July 14, 2016, 07:29:00 PM »
then there is the Estonian Polar Bear:

https://www.instagram.com/p/8DtB0vsZow/
and so it goes

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #717 on: July 17, 2016, 12:01:10 AM »
screen shot from Polar View.  I presume this is brash ice ("Accumulations of floating ice made up of fragments not more than 2 meters across, the wreckage of other forms of ice.") in the Atlantic sector. (1) Red line is 82oN. (2) Cross lines are 82oN and 40oE and shows ice cap edge.
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Arctic ice is healthy for children and other living things because "we cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice"

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #718 on: July 17, 2016, 01:52:36 AM »
Transport!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #719 on: July 17, 2016, 04:54:37 AM »
Lots of smoke and broken ice

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #720 on: July 21, 2016, 10:27:42 AM »
Ice in Petermann fjord broken up more or less all the way back to the calving line.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #721 on: July 22, 2016, 03:48:47 PM »
Yamal Peninsula




"Bubbles of gas have created wobbly waterbed-like patches of ground in the Yamal Peninsula after unseasonably high temperatures sparked bizarre underfoot conditions.
The fun-looking patches of bubbling land were discovered by researchers Alexander Sokolov and Dorothee Ehrich. Some 15 examples of the phenomena were discovered in the area, according to The Siberian Times.
When the patches were punctured, methane and carbon dioxide gases were released, according to the pair. The researchers theorize that unusually high temperatures in the area may have caused permafrost to thaw, releasing gases and forming the bubbles."

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https://www.rt.com/viral/352688-siberia-earth-wobbling-methane/


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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #722 on: July 23, 2016, 09:06:00 AM »
the remains of "big block" still a decent sized chunk of ice and probably one of the largest distinct blocks in the arctic today.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #723 on: July 23, 2016, 09:23:44 PM »
Svalbard North East Island in the sunshine...

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #724 on: July 24, 2016, 12:48:41 AM »
North Nares strait and Petermann fjord 2016 07 23

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #725 on: July 24, 2016, 02:41:51 AM »
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Svalbard North East Island in the sunshine...

And surrounded by algal blooms?

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #726 on: July 24, 2016, 02:32:42 PM »
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Svalbard North East Island in the sunshine...

And surrounded by algal blooms?

And large amounts of silt from melt.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #727 on: July 25, 2016, 09:47:41 PM »
Weird ring pattern on some ice on an island east of Zachariae Isstrøm. Maybe some geologist or biologist can explain the growth pattern  ;)
Best visible after zooming in a little.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #728 on: July 26, 2016, 07:40:22 AM »
Weird ring pattern on some ice on an island east of Zachariae Isstrøm. Maybe some geologist or biologist can explain the growth pattern  ;)
Best visible after zooming in a little.
Similar patterns are frequently seen in Icelandic glaciers, where the black lines are layers of volcanic ash being exposed as older ice melts away.

Perhaps the image shows layers of windborne ash and dust that deposits annually on top of each winters snowfall?

The glacier on the image seems to be disappearing fast, the only "fresh" ice being in a small area at the very top.
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #729 on: July 27, 2016, 01:00:37 PM »
Yamal Peninsula

"Bubbles of gas have created wobbly waterbed-like patches of ground in the Yamal Peninsula after unseasonably high temperatures sparked bizarre underfoot conditions.

Source:

https://www.rt.com/viral/352688-siberia-earth-wobbling-methane/

That image and link should be posted to every denier.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #730 on: July 29, 2016, 10:40:57 AM »
Someone will have to move the camera on the Helheim Glacier soon :(

It's been a conveyor belt all season

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #731 on: August 02, 2016, 12:53:09 PM »
This reminds me of The Donald's hairpiece - the way it moves as a unit when the wind gets a hold of it:
(needs a click)

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #732 on: August 02, 2016, 06:54:26 PM »
Anyone for a side bet on the date for the last bit of fast ice stuck on the Belgica shallows to start moving? :)

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #733 on: August 05, 2016, 12:19:19 AM »
Nice pic today from Healy cam

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #734 on: August 10, 2016, 12:27:22 PM »
NSIDC sea ice extent on 08/08/16 has a "ghostly" look to it !


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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #735 on: August 11, 2016, 07:09:41 PM »
Hanna Shoal was visible this spring in some of my animations in the Home Brew thread causing open water by blocking the large ice floes that moved with the extended Beaufort Gyre. Now the floes have turned to rubble, but the grounded ice is still there, visible as a bright sport in the Chukchi Sea.

Must click to run the animation.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #736 on: August 11, 2016, 07:35:48 PM »
A paragraph from the PEW Charitable Trust's Obama Administration Protects Areas of the Arctic Ocean from Oil, Gas Development article:
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Hanna Shoal Area
Hanna Shoal, in waters about 100 miles northwest of the northernmost tip of Alaska, rises from the surrounding seafloor to about 65 feet below the surface. About 30 miles wide, the shoal traps and anchors winter sea ice. The shallow shelf diverts warm water flowing from the Bering Strait farther north, allowing sea ice floes to its south to endure longer into the summer. Polynyas, or persistent areas of open water, are found between Hanna Shoal and the coast of Alaska and are important for marine life in winter and spring. Walruses and bearded seals feed on the many seafloor animals on Hanna Shoal, and recent satellite-tracking data demonstrate the shoal’s importance for walrus foraging and resting, especially during summer. Other species that migrate through or are found on Hanna Shoal include ringed and ribbon seals, polar bears, and beluga and bowhead whales.
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #737 on: August 16, 2016, 12:27:13 PM »
Hycom shows the Arctic is having a heart attack. (needs a click) Actually, the animation is out of sequence.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #738 on: August 19, 2016, 03:27:08 PM »
Perfectly normal conditions for O-Buoy 14.  I'm sure all that white stuff blowing around is snow and not sea spray.
http://obuoy.datatransport.org/data/obuoy/var/plots/buoy14/camera/webcam.jpg
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #739 on: August 21, 2016, 09:30:27 PM »
Image from Sentinel dramatically illustrating what's happening under the clouds along the Atlantic front of the arctic, when ice reaches that warmer water.  Image from 21-August-2016.
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #740 on: August 24, 2016, 02:48:46 PM »
One wonders whether the crew of this Chinese flagged vessel gets shore-leave at Port of Barrow Ak? 😮


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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #741 on: August 26, 2016, 08:34:00 PM »
captured for posterity, 1KM resolution, 8/26/2016, the "Atlantic Front"
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #742 on: September 01, 2016, 01:55:41 AM »
I like to watch the grass grow in Barrow. Not very green this year ( so far )

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #743 on: September 01, 2016, 02:02:50 AM »
Looks like they wont be needing the lawn mower this year!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #744 on: September 01, 2016, 02:05:28 AM »
Posted by Cate in the NWP cruising thread.


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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #745 on: September 02, 2016, 08:54:08 AM »
Posted by Cate in the NWP cruising thread.



Nice pic :P
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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #746 on: September 02, 2016, 09:25:47 AM »
Looks like a good candidate for a caption competition..... "Looking for the next meal" perhaps.

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #747 on: September 02, 2016, 09:29:52 AM »
Looks like a good candidate for a caption competition..... "Looking for the next meal" perhaps.

Plenty of tasty homo sapiens onboard the cruise ship!

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #748 on: September 02, 2016, 10:04:40 AM »
Probably just as well the PBear cannot read the papers, else she would be underneath that thing jamming ice into the cooling inlets, stopping the mains and aux, letting the bilge pumps fuze and gratefully watching the whole great greenhouse gas emitting monstrosity and all it contains slip promptly beneath the waves never to return.

Cause and effect, all in the same pix.  Sad.  We're a bunch of cretins aren't we (present company accepted, of course!)?

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Re: Arctic Image of the Day
« Reply #749 on: September 02, 2016, 10:18:44 AM »
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