Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior, evolution and paleontology.
What's in the photo? A patch of snow-covered sea ice in the shape of a Starfleet badgeThis 2012 satellite image captured an unusual snow-topped structure located among a sea of dirty, fracturing sea ice in northern Canada. The curved white hook resembles the rounded, arrowhead-shape badges pinned to the uniforms of fictional Starfleet officers, such as James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard, in the iconic"Star Trek" franchise.
The icy arrowhead"was probably caused by snow getting trapped in rough, ridged ice that formed as it ran up against the Manning Islands," Nathan Kurtz, chief scientist of the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, told NASA's Earth Observatory in 2014. The 1.5-mile-wide patch appeared to be multi-year sea ice, meaning it was made up of ice dating back several years, he added.
The waters surrounding these sea ice fragments are rich in phytoplankton, which makes them a hotspot for a wide variety of marine animals including Arctic terns , seals, walruses , polar bears , narwhals and beluga whales . By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.This photo was taken during a record-low year for Arctic sea ice. In 2012, the minimum sea ice extent — the lowest amount of sea ice coverage in a given year — was the lowest since records began in 1979, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported at the time.
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