Ice Service charts

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

Arctic Ice Charts

Latest Arctic ice chart

Arctic ice chart areas

 

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General

Arctic Colour

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Arctic Hatched

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Baltic

Baltic Colour

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Barents

Barents Colour

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Barents Hatched

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Denmark Strait

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Fram Strait

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Isfjorden

Isfjorden Colour

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Oslofjord

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Svalbard

Svalbard Colour

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Antarctic Ice Charts

Latest Antarctic chart

Antarctic ice chart areas

 

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Antarctic

Antarctic Colour

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Antarctic Hatched

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Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island Colour

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Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait Colour

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Bransfield Strait Hatched

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Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula Colour

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Antarctic Peninsula Hatched

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Weddell Sea - East

Weddell Sea - East Colour

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Weddell Sea - East Hatched

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South Georgia

South Georgia Colour

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South Georgia Hatched

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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.