Follow our ➡️ #InstagramStory with Getty Images news photographer (mario_tama) who joined NASA’s Operation IceBridge to monitor Arctic ice loss over Greenland and Canada. According to NASA scientists and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), sea ice in the Arctic appears to have reached its lowest maximum wintertime extent ever recorded on March 7. Scientists have said the Arctic has been one of the regions hardest hit by climate change. __ “I never expected to encounter such a creature so far north, yet on our way to a glacier hike we spotted a few of these snowshoe hares poking out from behind snow drifts. It seems that hares and foxes hang out near the air base as they may be able to procure discarded food from time to time.” - mario_tama | March 25, 2017 | #GettyImagesNews #PhotographerTakeover [3 of 4]