The South Korean research icebreaker Araon got caught in the middle of an Arctic cyclone in 2016 and was given involuntarily the opportunity to shed light on why the powerful storms are causing Arctic sea ice to shrink so quickly. Photo: Joo-Hong Kim, Korea Polar...
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its maximum extent on March 21, 2021, marking the seventh lowest extent in 43 years of satellite measurements. (Image: NASA) On March 21, 2021, Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent for the winter of 2020/21 at...
