The departing view from the helicopter of the Lance, my home for the last four weeks, drifting among Arctic Ocean sea ice at 83 degrees north. I arrived back on land to news that the maximum extent of this year’s winter sea ice cover is likely the lowest winter extent since satellite recording began. The same winter sea ice I’d been photographing for a fourthcoming @natgeo story. As photographers we want the stories we tell to be relevant, I have mixed feelings because I’m recording something in decline, threatening the balance of a relatively stable climate. Tomorrow I’ll go back onboard and resume work with the scientists who tirelessly produce the data behind those headlines. @nickcobbing with @oceanseaicenpi
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