Oct 20 pack ice photos by Nick Møller and Ben Harden : Irminger Sea

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1. A field of pancake ice has flowed into the ship's path. (Photo by Nick M?ller)

2. Knorr edges into the field of ice chunks. (Photo by Ben Harden, University of East Anglia)

3. The ship moves carefully through the small slushy pancake ice floes. (Photo by Nick M?ller)

4. Looking down at the ship's bow, you can see the floes being pushed out of the way. (Photo by Nick M?ller)

5. Knorr moves through the ice field. (Photo by Ben Harden, University of East Anglia)

6. As the ice floes jostle together, their edges become rounded, making them look like pancakes--hence the term "pancake ice". (Photo by Ben Harden, University of East Anglia)

7. The field of pancake ice stretches to the horizon. (Photo by Ben Harden, University of East Anglia)

8. The Knorr parts the field of sea ice. (Photo by Ben Harden, University of East Anglia)

9. The ice field disappears in the Knorr's wake. The path through the ice has already disappeared, like a zipper closing up. (Photo by Nick M?ller)