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Seasonal Breakup in the Amundsen Gulf

Sea ice in the gulf, the gateway to the Northwest Passage, is fracturing and drifting westward into the Beaufort Sea.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Seasonal Breakup in the Amundsen Gulf.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 16, 2025
Data acquired June 9, 2025

Source:: Terra > MODIS