
The moon rises over Arctic ice near the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. Picture taken March 18.

Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 19, 2011. Picture taken March 19, 2011.

Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 19, 2011. Picture taken March 19, 2011

A participant in the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station uses a pick to dig fresh Arctic ice for drinking water north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. Picture taken March 18, 2011

Steam rises from seawater through a crack in the Arctic ice near the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. Picture taken March 18, 2011.

A participant in the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, pushes a generator towards a refueling station March 18, 2011. Picture taken March 18, 2011

A man carries an ice auger to a remote warming station near the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. Picture taken March 18, 2011