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Observers' Guide to Sea Ice
| This is the online version of a job aid designed for volunteers who report aerial, shipboard, or shoreline observations of ice conditions at sea to authorities such as the National Weather Service, National Ice Center, U.S. Coast Guard, pilots associations, port authorities, or other maritime interests. In the job aid, emphasis is on conditions of concern to mariners with regard to safe passage of ships. | 
Small berg viewed from ship |
For More Information
Below, you can order a copy of the job aid, Observers' Guide to Sea Ice, or visit the links to get more information about sea ice studies. |
- Photos and Orders Specialist You can ask to have a free copy of the print job aid mailed to you. E-mail your request, along with your name and postal address, to our Photos and Orders Specialist (one copy per requestor, please).
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- Alaska Sea Ice Atlas A GIS-based atlas of sea ice conditions in the territorial waters of Alaska, which will update previously printed ice atlases and provide risk analysis information for engineers and resource managers. The atlas is being prepared by the University of Alaska and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. [leaves OR&R site]
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- Marine Ice Atlas for Cook Inlet, Alaska A compilation of previously published and unpublished information on the climatic, meteorological, oceanographic, and hyrodynamic conditions that influence the marine ice cover in Cook Inlet. Published by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). [leaves OR&R site]
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View and Print the Job Aid
The job aid is offered as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file below. |
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