Gallery Photo: 34086

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Caption: 
When a pond melts, a whirlpool forms, emptying the pond in minutes. This photograph of a melt pond whirlpool is from NP-6. Image credit: EWG.
Image Credit: 
Environmental Working Group
Subject: 
Snow
Location: 
Arctic Ocean
Project or Expedition: 
Arctic Climatology and Meteorolgy
Photo Keywords: 
Arctic, arctic_ocean, drifting stations, melting, puddles, melt ponds, vortex, whirlpool