Great Bear Lake, straddling the Arctic Circle in Canada

Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 17 February 2023 at 14:49:24 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 19 February 2023 at 14:32:58 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 July 2023 at 19:58:59 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 08 July 2023 at 19:39:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 16 August 2023 at 14:49:32 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 18 August 2023 at 14:33:06 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, lake, water, polar, North, Arctic
Fig. 1 - S2 (04-08.07.2023) - The Great Bear Lake is known to be the eighth-largest lake in the world, located in Northwest Territories, Canada.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S1 (17-19.02.2023, 16-18.08.2023) - From January to March, the surface of the lake is completely frozen, representing 31.153 km² of ice.
3D animation
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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