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Image depicting 2021 maximum ice coverage on March 10

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Arctic Sea Ice at Maximum Extent for 2021

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Iceberg A-75 Calves from the Larsen-F Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea

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Iceberg A-74 Calves from the Brunt Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea

Satellite image of Great Lakes on 20 Feb 2021

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Great Lakes has reached its maximum ice coverage for 2020-2021 season.

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Iceberg A-68P Calves from A-68J in the South Atlantic Ocean

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Iceberg A-68O Calves from A-68G in the South Atlantic Ocean

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Iceberg A-68N Calves from A-68G in the South Atlantic Ocean

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IMS Snow and Ice charts and support files.

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Great Lakes charts and support files as ice season in progress.

Featured

Thumbnail image of Regional Synopsis chart

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.

IMS Resource

Added IMS Conference Materials to IMS Information resource page. Take a look.

Press Release

The 2021 maximum Arctic sea ice extent occurred on 10 March 2021.

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.

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