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Iceberg A-69B Has Broken in Half and Calved A-69C
Iceberg, A-69C. A-69C is located at at 66°51’ South, 59°39’ West, in the Weddell Sea. It measures 10 nautical miles on its longest axis and 3 nautical miles on its widest axis.
Weekly Hemispheric Update
With the Arctic Weekly Hemispheric Analysis change for all First Year Ice to Egg Code 6, the codes are defined as follows:
World Meteorological Organization Standard Thickness References
Egg Code 6 is First Year Ice (>30 cm)
Egg Code 7 is Thin First Year Ice (30 - 70 cm)
Egg Code 1-Dot is Medium First Year Ice (70-120cm)
Egg Code 4-Dot is Thick First Year Ice (>120 cm)
Arctic Sea Ice at Minimum Extent - 2021
U.S. National Ice Center determined that the 2021 Arctic sea ice extent minimum was reached on September 12, 2021.
Iceberg A-78, calves from Jelbart Ice Shelf
Iceberg A-78 has calved from the Jelbart Ice Shelf on the Princess Martha Coast of Antarctica, located at 70° 21' South, 3° 58' West, measuring 18 nautical miles on its longest axis and 4 nautical miles on its widest axis.
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Ross Outlook
The seasonal Ross Outlook has been produced for the 2021-2022 ice season and is now available. Click here to access.
Regional Synopsis
The U.S. National Ice Center has developed a new series charts. Regional Synopsis charts breaks out each region of the Arctic and Antarctic into a high quality regional charts along with an environment synopsis write-up. Charts will be updated weekly. Please take a look.
Antarctic Ice Shelf
Antarctic ice shelf is available in GIS shapefile format.
Product Catalog
Looking for a product or details on one. Check out our product catalog.
Animated Charts
Added animated charts of our Arctic and Antarctic MIZ, and IMS snow and ice charts.
Trivariate Products
A comprehensive look at ice conditions over a period time, from a single year to a comparison set starting from 2007. Produced for the Arctic and Antarctic.
