OuiSi Nature card 156: At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph by Camille Seaman The whole photograph behind card 156: At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph by Camille Seaman

OuiSi Nature · Card 156

At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean

Location
North Atlantic Ocean near Labrador, Canada
Date
October 5, 2009
Photograph byCamille Seaman

Description

Rough seas are both amazing to look at and awful to travel through. Icebergs from Greenland's west coast drift south past Labrador in the Labrador Current; the journey of about 1,800 nautical miles to Newfoundland takes two to three years on average. In winter, storms of icy air cool the Labrador Sea until its surface water is heavier than the water below and sinks, one of only a few places in the open ocean where deep water forms.

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Camille Seaman

TED Senior Fellow, Stanford Knight Fellow, Cinereach FIR Fellow, Nat Geo Contributing Photographer

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OuiSi Nature card 156: At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph by Camille Seaman The whole photograph behind card 156: At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph by Camille Seaman

At Sea, North Atlantic Ocean

Photograph by Camille Seaman