Ice drift thinning in the Okhotsk Sea

Ice drift thinning in the Okhotsk Sea

SAPPORO, Japan - Ice drift has shrunk this year in the Okhotsk Sea off northern Hokkaido. While ice packs used to fill the entire Okhotsk Sea at around this time of the year, only half the area is seen covered with floating ice during an observation flight on a Japan Coast Guard plane on Feb. 28. The photo shows the coastal area of Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, packed with ice drift.

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