Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million square ...

On September 19, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million ...

Since 2007, the Arctic sea ice minimum has dropped below 5 million square kilometers (1.93 million square miles), except in 2009, 2013, and 2014, when extent barely crossed the 5 million square ...

Software engineer and metadata architect Julia Collins discusses how she came to NSIDC, and how she came to appreciate the ...

There are many ways to access and work with NSIDC data to accommodate a wide diversity of users. Use the filter menu to explore and narrow down your options. Note that the list defaults to show our ...

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