The ice charts are produced by the Norwegian Ice Service as part of their operational responsibility for European waters and in addition as a collaboration for Antarctic waters. These ice charts are analyzed and quality controlled by a Sea Ice Analyst. Current ice charts for European waters are available on weekdays (Monday-Friday) and the Antarctic on Mondays (October-April), both after 1500 UTC.
Updated ice charts can also be found as layers in BarentsWatch - ArcticInfo maps under the theme menu "Ice and Weather". The ice chart is also available in Shapefile format (4 files: SHP, SHX, DBF and PRJ) or zipped Sigrid-3 shapefile (zip) for viewing in GIS-software or via API.
Please find additional ice chart access at: Ice chart access points
Area | Format | Hatched | ||||||
General | ||||||||
Baltic | ||||||||
Barents | ||||||||
Denmark Strait | ||||||||
Fram Strait | ||||||||
Isfjorden | ||||||||
Oslofjord | ||||||||
Svalbard |
Antarctic Ice Charts
Area | Colour | Hatched | ||||||
Antarctic | ||||||||
Adelaide Island | ||||||||
Bransfield Strait | ||||||||
Antarctic Peninsula | ||||||||
Weddell Sea - East | ||||||||
South Georgia |
These charts are created between October and April (Austral spring, summer and autumn) as a collaboration project with the U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) and Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI). An archive is maintained at AARI.