Baffin Island’s ancient ice cap, a frozen relic older than civilization, ran out of snow in the middle of summer for the first time ever recorded

For thousands of years, the Barnes Ice Cap has held its ground on Baffin Island — a remnant of the last ice age, reliably blanketed in snow through the height of summer. By mid-July 2026, that snow was essentially gone. NASA satellite imagery tells the story in two frames: a snow-covered ice cap on June ... Read more