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The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.

The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.
The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.
The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.
The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.
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Linder, Christopher
The Oden's fantail and icy water wake left behind.
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09/11/2007
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The beginning of the Arctic Ocean sea ice did not arrive gradually, but in a sudden straight line, separating open ocean from the ice pack. Bertil Larsson, Oden's onboard meteorologist and ice expert, explained why it was so straight. The winds were blowing from the south, pushing thin ice that had formed this past winter against thick ice farther north that never melts and grows thicker and harder, year by year. Imagine pushing checkerboard pieces against a wall with a ruler.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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