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   June 2, 2023 - Thawing of Hudson Bay   
      
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      May 26, 2023 March 11, 2023   
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      Located just south of the Arctic Circle in northeastern Canada, Hudson   
      Bay is the world’s second-largest bay, spanning about 470,000 square   
      miles (1,230,000 square kilometers). The far-northern location means   
      that the saltwater bay freezes over each winter as air and sea surface   
      temperatures become frigid. In late spring and summer, warming   
      temperatures and long hours of sunlight cause ice to retreat.   
      Typically, ice begins to retreat in May and the waters become ice-free   
      sometime in July.   
      
      On May 26, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      northern Hudson Bay shedding its winter coat of ice. While ice remains   
      floating over roughly 90 percent of the Bay, open water is visible just   
      off the Nunavut shore (west) and around Coats Island. Clicking on the   
      dates below the image will reveal a second Terra MODIS image, which was   
      acquired on March 11, 2023. At that time, Hudson Bay appeared to be   
      firmly locked under ice, which was covered by both snow and clouds in   
      some locations.   
      
      According to AccuWeather, daily high temperatures in Rankin Inlet,   
      Nunavut, Canada remained below freezing through May 7. After that time,   
      they have mostly hovered around 40˚F (4.4˚C) except for May 16, 17, and   
      24, when they reached or exceeded 50˚F (10˚C). According to data   
      published by AccuWeather, the daily temperatures for May 2023 in Rankin   
      Inlet have trended several degrees above average.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/26/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (600.8 KB),  500m (1.8 MB),  250m (5 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-06-02   
       
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