At first glance, the swirling white pattern in the images appear to be a hurricane or some other kind of fierce oceanic storm. But upon closer inspection, it’s clear that something else is lurking off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Meteorologist Kyle Roberts of KOKH Fox25 in Oklahoma City posted these images to Twitter and Facebook on Sunday, attributing the aerial photos to a United Airlines pilot who was operating a flight from Amsterdam to the U.S.
The swirling in the images is actually sea ice that has been sucked into and spun around by ocean currents in the area. This ice, which during the winter was thick and densely-packed, is breaking up during the long, sunny days of the Arctic summer. Read more…
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