This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0732835. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Ice Worlds is a production of Evans & Sutherland, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the University of New Hampshire.

Resources for Studying Sea Ice

This page lists resources that can help you learn more about sea ice and pointers to information shown in the Seaicebox Tutorial.

View SEAICEBOX Tutorials on the New Users Page

Regional Changes in Sea Ice
This site shows areas where sea ice has increased and decreased and by how much. The tutorial describes how to verify these changes using SEAICEBOX.

Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis
This site reports the latest news about Arctic Sea Ice. This site is helpful when looking at the Image of the Day in SEAICEBOX.

Pictures of Ice (as seen in the tutorial).
Iceberg
Ice shelf
Greenland Ice Sheet
Sea Ice
Polar bears and submarine
Albedo and radiation budget diagrams
Ocean circulation

Fact Sheets

Arctic Sea Ice Fact Sheet

Antarctic Ice Shelves Fact Sheet

Icebergs Fact Sheet

Ice Sheets Fact Sheet

Other Resources

Ice in the Sea
This PDF from UNEP is an excellent overview and guide on seaice, history, trends and future prospects.

Sea Ice Extent Animations from the NSIDC
A fact sheet that includes the geography, flora and fauna, and climate change in the Polar Regions.

Polar Discovery at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
A fact sheet that includes the geography, flora and fauna, and climate change in the Polar Regions.

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