First-year ice

Sea ice of not more than one winter's growth, developing from young ice; thickness (typically) 30cm–2m. May be subdivided into thin first-year ice/white ice, medium first-year ice and thick first-year ice.

First-year ice
First-year ice
First-year iceThin first-year ice along the top third, medium to thick first-year ice along the right, and new ice forming in the open waterMostly level medium-sized first-year floes
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