Data Visualizations

February 2017 Arctic Sea Ice Update

Weekly satellite data/imaging from September 2016 through February 2017 shows lowest historical sea ice levels.

Credit: NOAA, February 2017 Arctic Sea Ice Update, originally published in NOAAVisualizations, 2017 (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline

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