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US: Floating Ice Drifts Through Chicago River Amid Frozen Conditions

The Chicago River was partially frozen as plummeting temperatures continued in the city. This video shows the remains of floating ice on the Chicago River in Chicago on Thursday, January 29.

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US: Ice Floes Cover NYC Rivers After Snowstorm 2

Ice floes were seen floating on the Hudson and East rivers in New York on Tuesday, January 27, following a winter snowstorm that forced NYC Ferry service to be suspended.

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US: Ice Floes Cover NYC Rivers After Snowstorm 3

Ice floes were seen drifting along the Hudson and East rivers in New York on Tuesday, January 27, following a winter snowstorm that forced the suspension of NYC Ferry service. NYC Ferry service across all routes remained suspended for a second day on Wednesday, January 28, due to floating ice in both the East and Hudson rivers.

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US: Ice Floes Cover NYC Rivers After Snowstorm

Ice floes were seen floating on the Hudson and East rivers in New York on Tuesday, January 27, following a winter snowstorm that forced NYC Ferry service to be suspended.

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China: Winter Rescue After Car Falls Into Frozen Water in Shandong

On January 21, 2026, in Shandong, located in eastern China, a video recorded a car that had fallen into icy water surrounded by floating ice. The temperature was visibly cold, and the water surface was partially frozen. A rescuer from the Zheng’an rescue team jumped directly into the freezing water to reach the trapped person. Another team member broke the ice from above to assist. Despite the harsh conditions, the rescuers worked quickly to save the driver. The scene highlighted an urgent winter rescue effort.

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Winter Ice And Snow

Tourists experience ice floating on the surface of Yuehai National Wetland Park in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China on January 11, 2026.

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Winter Ice And Snow

Tourists experience ice floating on the surface of Yuehai National Wetland Park in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China on January 11, 2026.

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Winter Ice And Snow

Tourists experience ice floating on the surface of Yuehai National Wetland Park in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China on January 11, 2026.

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Winter Ice And Snow

Tourists experience ice floating on the surface of Yuehai National Wetland Park in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China on January 11, 2026.

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Winter Ice And Snow

Tourists experience ice floating on the surface of Yuehai National Wetland Park in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China on January 11, 2026.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists dressed in professional cold resistant clothing float in the minus 40 degrees Celsius glacier of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River preparing to experience "ice floating" in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists dressed in professional cold resistant clothing float in the minus 40 degrees Celsius glacier of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River preparing to experience "ice floating" in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Extreme Cold Ice Floating

ERGUN, CHINA - DECEMBER 24, 2025 - Tourists wearing professional cold resistant clothing float in the ice of the Erguna section of the Jirbugan River, experiencing "ice floating" at minus 40 degrees Celsius in Ergun City, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China on December 24, 2025.

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Satellite View of Graham Land - Antarctica

Handout Satellite views dated on November 21, 2025, shows Graham Land. Graham Land, the northernmost stretch of the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. Its mountainous spine and outlet glaciers drain into the Weddell Sea, forming an important transition zone between grounded ice, floating shelves, and open water. This dynamic landscape supports rich marine ecosystems, including krill-dependent species such as seals, penguins, and seabirds, and plays an important role in global ocean circulation and climate regulation. This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image, acquired on 21 November 2025, shows the contrasting textures of grounded ice, fragmented sea ice, and dark, open ocean, revealing key glaciological features in radar backscatter. Copernicus data is essential to climate science. A recent study published in Nature used Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data to analyse glacier dynamics in Graham Land, Antarctica. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery via ABA

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Glacial forces at the edge of Antarctica

Handout photo show Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 17 March 2025, shows the flow of the David Glacier as it feeds into the Drygalski Ice Tongue in East Antarctica. Stretching 90 km into the Ross Sea, the ice tongue is one of the largest floating ice extensions in Antarctica. The linear structure of the ice tongue reveals its dynamic forward movement over time, shaped by internal flow and ocean interaction. Ice tongues like this change in size and shape over time, reshaped by calving events, waves and storms. Copernicus delivers key data for tracking glacier dynamics and calving events in remote areas. Regular monitoring supports climate research, helping scientists assess how Antarctic ice loss contributes to global sea-level rise. Drygalski Ice Tongue, Antartica on March 17, 2025. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Pancake Ice Formed On Lake Michigan In Chicago, IL

Pancake ice was spotted floating on Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, January 19, as dangerously cold wind chills swept through the area.

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Canada: Pancake Ice Floats On Lake Erie, Ontario

Cold temperatures move throughout Ontario, Canada, resulting in some ice forming on Lake Erie and local ponds. This video shows pancake ice floating on the surface along Crystal Beach, Fort Erie, on Tuesday, January 7.

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China: Mysterious Cloud Spotted Over Sky Of Jinan, Shandong

This is the unusual moment that a perfectly rectangular "bilayer cloud" floating solo in a clear sky, resembling a "placed" object. On November 26, 2024, in Jinan, Shandong, the video clearly showed the cloud’s edges sharply defined against the backdrop of blue, sparking intrigue and speculation. Experts suggested that the shape might have been due to the contrails of a high-speed aircraft. When aviation fuel, primarily composed of hydrocarbons, burned, the hydrogen in the fuel combined with oxygen to form water vapor. This vapor rapidly condensed into ice crystals in the cold upper atmosphere, creating a streaking effect that from the ground appeared smooth and thread-like. While the exact cause was still a topic of discussion, it left a lasting impression on those who saw it.

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Canada: Floating Ice Balls On Lake Erie In Crystal Beach, Ontario

A a rare phenomenon of ice balls were seen floating on Lake Erie on Sunday, February 18. Ice balls, also called ice eggs, are formed when open water breaks off ice and smooths them until they are spherical or egg-shaped.

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A Chinese New Year tour guide for foreign tourists

STORY: A Chinese New Year tour guide for foreign tourists SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of foreign tourists waiting to enter China 2. various of beautiful scenery in China 3. various of unique traditions in China 4. various of tasty food in China 5. various of ice and snow tourism spots in China STORYLINE: China's recent extension of the visa-free policy to a number of countries is expected to bring in many more foreign visitors. What are the fun things foreign visitors can do on their discovery trip to China during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday? With beautiful landscapes, unique traditions, and tasty food, China has a lot to offer. Part of Lake Manasarovar in southwest China's Xizang has frozen. Floating ice of various shapes forms a unique landscape. In Lop Nur, northwest China's Xinjiang, the clear salt lake is dotted with white salt crystals. In Deqin County, southwest China's Yunnan Pr

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#CHINA-SHANDONG-YELLOW RIVER-FLOWING ICE (CN)

(231218) -- BINZHOU, Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows the flowing ice on the Yellow River and a temporarily dismantled floating bridge in Binzhou, east China's Shandong Province. (Photo by Chu Baorui/Xinhua)

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Low Temperature Yellow Alert in China

QINGDAO, CHINA - DECEMBER 17, 2023 - Photo taken on December 17, 2023 shows floating sea ice along the coast of Hongdao section of Jiaozhou Bay in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.

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#CHINA-SHAANXI-YELLOW RIVER-SCENERY (CN)

(230219) -- WEINAN, Feb. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 19, 2023 shows ice chunks floating on Heyang section of the Yellow River in Weinan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo by Zhao Xiaogang/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-SHAANXI-YELLOW RIVER-SCENERY (CN)

(230219) -- WEINAN, Feb. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 19, 2023 shows ice chunks floating on Heyang section of the Yellow River in Weinan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo by Zhao Xiaogang/Xinhua)

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Spectacular floating ice scenes on China's Yellow River

Spectacular footage shows ice sheets floating along a stretch of the Yellow River in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Spectacular floating ice scenes on China's Yellow River

STORY: Spectacular floating ice scenes on China's Yellow River DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yellow River STORYLINE: Spectacular footage shows ice sheets floating along a stretch of the Yellow River in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The Yellow River, China's second longest river, partially froze in this region due to plunging temperatures. The movement of ice sheets on the Yellow River is closely monitored, because floods are always a possibility if the ice floes pile up and obstruct the river's flow. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yinchuan, China. (XHTV)

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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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Floating ice chunks appear on river along Sino-Russian border

STORY: Floating ice chunks appear on river along Sino-Russian border DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Hulin section of Wusuli River STORYLINE: Floating ice chunks appear on the Hulin section of Wusuli River along the Sino-Russian border. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SHANXI-HUKOU WATERFALL (CN)

(211230) -- JIXIAN, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2021 shows floating ice near the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in north China's Shanxi Province. The Hukou Waterfall, located on the border area between north China's Shanxi and northwest China's Shaanxi provinces, formed spectacular winter scenery as temperature continued to drop in recent days. (Xinhua/Ma Yimin)

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POLAND-WARSAW-ICE

(211230) -- WARSAW, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2021 shows ice floating on the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. (Str/Xinhua)

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POLAND-WARSAW-ICE

(211230) -- WARSAW, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2021 shows ice floating on the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. (Str/Xinhua)

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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. (Kyodo)

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"Sea angel" floating under drift ice off Hokkaido town

A Clione or "sea angel" is seen floating under drift ice off Shari town in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on March 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Antarctic

Mountains in Antarctica and ice (front) floating in the Antarctic Sea are seen in this photo taken Dec. 17, 2016, from a helicopter of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force carrying people and supplies to Showa Station, a Japanese research facility on the Antarctica, from the icebreaker Shirase. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antarctic expedition

Photo taken Dec. 11, 2019, from the Japanese Antarctic research ship Shirase during the 61st research expedition to the southern continent shows sea ice floating in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floating ice in Sea of Okhotsk

Photo taken from a Japan Coast Guard plane on Jan. 10, 2019, shows floating ice in waters in the Sea of Okhotsk off Abashiri on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floating ice in Sea of Okhotsk

Photo taken from a Japan Coast Guard plane on Jan. 10, 2019, shows floating ice in waters in the Sea of Okhotsk off Abashiri on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floating ice in Sea of Okhotsk

Photo taken from a Japan Coast Guard plane on Jan. 10, 2019, shows floating ice in waters in the Sea of Okhotsk off Abashiri on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo