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    1960’s satellite imagery of polar ice discovers “enormous holes” in the sea ice


    Anthony Watts /

    September 4, 2014

    NIMBUS satellite image from 9 September, 1969 with ice edge tracings show “giant holes” in the Arctic sea ice in the Chickchi Sea north of Alaska. Image source: NSIDC. Click to enlarge.

    NSIDC has announced the discovery and recovery of space footage of Earth’s polar icecaps, dating back to 1964.

    The recovered photographs have yielded some startling surprises, according to David Gallaher, technical services manager at NSIDC, bold mine:

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