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By mid-August 2016, the famed high-latitude sea route in the Arctic Ocean was open.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
Published August 20, 2016 Data acquired August 9, 2016