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   June 6, 2022 - Springtime Thaw in Ungava Bay   
      
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      Sitting along the northern coastline of Quebec, Canada, Ungava Bay is a   
      funnel-shaped, shallow body of water that lies south of the Hudson   
      Strait, east of the Ungava Peninsula, and west of the Torngat   
      Mountains. Thanks to its northern location, ice begins to form on   
      Ungava Bay in November and typically stays through June. Because the   
      chilly waters remain ice-free in the summer and early fall, the copious   
      ice that covers the Bay in winter is first-year ice and, thanks to the   
      extremely high tides and strong currents, the ice tends to be “rubble”   
      ice— a type of ice made up of a jumble of ice fragments that cover the   
      water without any particular order.   
      
      On June 2, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      ice on Ungava Bay. In the image, a thin layer of winter’s snow and ice   
      still covers the mainland of Quebec (south) while, to the north, Baffin   
      Island wears a mantle of winter white. Some fast ice (ice connected to   
      the shoreline) remains and copious rubble ice floats on the waters of   
      the Bay, but large areas of open water are visible off most of the   
      coastal areas and around Akpatok Island, in the center of the image.   
      
      Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer   
      cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243 meters) above the sea   
      surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting   
      seabirds. In the winter, numerous ice floes around the island attract   
      walruses and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for   
      native Inuit people.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/2/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (369 KB),  500m (1021.7 KB),  250m (837.6   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-06   
       
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