BBC: During March/April – the time of year when marine floes are at their thickest – the radar spacecraft recorded just under 15,000 cu km of ice.
BBC: During March/April – the time of year when marine floes are at their thickest – the radar spacecraft recorded just under 15,000 cu km of ice.
In its three years of full operations, Cryosat has witnessed a continuing shrinkage of winter ice volume.
It underlines, say scientists, the long-term decline of the floes.
