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The Arctic is a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by tree-less, frozen ground, that teems with life, including organisms living in the ice, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals and human societies.

NOAA provides Arctic information and a set of reputable indicators that describe the present state of the Arctic ecosystem and climate.


Call for 2012 Sea Ice Outlook Contributions

sea ice photo

New & Updated

YouTube logosArctic Videos: 2011 Arctic Report Card & 2011 North Pole Web Cam video & USCGC Healy in W. Arctic Aug-Sep 2011
Arctic Report Card -- updated for 2011
Future of Arctic Climate and Global Impacts & Warm Arctic - Cold Continents
New! 2012 Sea Ice Outlook & Walrus Outlook - from SEARCH/ARCUS
New! 2012 North Pole Web Cam animations

Notices  

NOAA's Arctic Vision and Strategy
New! Arctic Wave Glider
New! NASA IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness Quick Look data set
New! Frostbytes: short Arctic videos by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
Tiksi International Hydrometeorological Observatory - Status report Feb 2012
Summer sea ice transition 2002-present - spring thaw, summer melt ponds, freeze-up (updated in autumn)
RUSALCA - Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic - New! 2011 Cruise (Photos and Cruise report)
Near-realtime Arctic Change Detection
Arctic Environmental Atlas - Russian language
 NOAA Sea Ice Forecasting Workshop Summary, 19-21 Sept 2011, Anchorage, AK

Programs & Projects   PAG - Pacific Arctic Group
Sea Ice Forecasting Workshop - September 2011
NOAA's Arctic Research Program - NOAA';s focal point for Arctic Observations
Arctic Weather Support - National Weather Service
Bering Strait and Pacific Arctic Dynamics - University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Tiksi Arctic Observatory - a US, Russian, and Finnish partnership
Arctic Conference Session: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012: 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria Session CL2.1. Arctic climate change: governing mechanisms and global implications

This Arctic Theme Page provides access to widely distributed Arctic data and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decision makers and the general public.

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