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Picture of a young Inuit girl filling a teapot with water off the top of Arctic ice

March 7, 2022 | Ice Water

When sea ice ages, the salt sinks into the ocean, leaving fresh, drinkable water on top. In this picture from the September 2019 issue, a young Inuit girl fills a teapot with water to take back to her family's hunting camp in northern Canada.
Photograph by Acacia Johnson, Nat Geo Image Collection