113 - Polar Areas: Views of the North Pole

Mosaic of about 750 Clementine images of the North Pole of the Moon, from 80° North Lat. to the Pole (center). The Near-Side of the Moon is the bottom half of this mosaic and the top half is on the Far-Side. In contrast to the South Pole (slide #111), the North Pole shows very little area in permanent shadow (only about 500 square-Km). This suggests that any "cold traps" in this Region of the Moon are very restricted and little ice could be stable in this part of the Moon.