9/? Icebergs are beautiful and important.

They carry rocks and sediment from the land where they formed to the ocean. This material can tell us about Earth's past!

Find out more by reading the book I created for

https://t.co/m2xoiG2loV

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7/? Sea ice may look inhospitable, but it also provides a very rich environment for everything from microscopic algae to krill to our beloved penguins in Antarctica (south) and polar bears in the Arctic (north).

It's also a place to rest, escape predators, or hunt.

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My is off-topic for this week's theme, but it's what I wanted to paint for the first day of Polar Week.

Arctic cod under sea ice.

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Sea ice is an ecosystem just as much as rainforests and coral reefs. Protect it to preserve

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