Sea Ice Conditions Today

On this website you find sea ice datasets from satellite remote sensing observations produced at the University of Bremen. All datasets are research products provided without liability.

For more datasets, and in-depth information about sea ice and polar climate have a look at:

Daily AMSR2 Sea ice concentrations

Arctic

Antarctic

Daily Ice Thickness and Sea Ice Extent Time Series

Merged SMOS and SMAP Thin Sea Ice Thickness

Sea Ice Extent in the Arctic
thickness of thin sea ice Diagram: Arctic sea ice extent during previous 6 years
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Seasonal cycle of Arctic sea ice extent (total area of at least 15% ice concentration) for the last 6 years and the minimum year 2012 in comparison to the long-term average (1972–today; dashed line).

RV Polarstern and Sea Ice Extent Time Series

Polarstern Current Position

Sea Ice Extent in the Antarctic
RV Polarstern Diagram: Antarctic sea ice extent during previous 6 years
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Seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice extent (total area of at least 15% ice concentration) for the last 7 years (colored lines) in comparison to the long-term average (1973–today; dashed line).