Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)
This subsite contains information products and materials presenting the results of the Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) assessment coordinated by AMAP and produced in collaboration with IASC, WMO/Clic and IASSA
The materials posted on this site are freely-available for non-commercial uses, including press/media use, and production of educational and outreach materials, etc. You are kindly requested to acknowledge AMAP as the source of these materials. Anyone wishing to use these materials for commercial purposes should contact amap@amap.no.
All available PDF files are (c) Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) and are intended for individual viewing and personal use and should not be posted on other websites or otherwise distributed in electronic or print form.
Reports
The results of the SWIPA assessment are presented in four printed reports, targetting different audiences. The SWIPA science report (Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic: Climate Change and the Cryosphere) presents the detailed technical background that is the basis for the other reports. The SWIPA Overview report (Arctic Climate Issues 2011) provides a ca. 100-page summary in an easily readable format. The overview report includes the SWIPA Executive Summary (a presentation of the SWIPA key findings with recommendations for policy-makers) that is also published as a separate document. Finally, a shorter simpler summary of SWIPA for the public and educational audiences is contained in the 17-page Climate Change in the Arctic: A Hot Topic report; this report is also being translated into other languages.
Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost
AMAP, 2012. Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. SWIPA 2011 Overview Report. AMAPs 2011 assessment of the Arctic Cryosphere (the SWIPA assessment) updates information presented in the 2004/5 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere
AMAP, 2011. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere.
SWIPA 2011 Executive Summary: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic
AMAP, 2011. SWIPA 2011 Executive Summary: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic.
Climate Change in the Arctic - A Hot Topic
AMAP, 2012. Climate Change in the Arctic - A Hot Topic. SWIPA 2011: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic
Videos
Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos presenting the SWIPA assessment and its results.
All SWIPA videos (3 films in long and short versions, also in multiple languages) are available from the AMAP SWIPA Vimeo channel
Short (3 minute) version of the film 'SWIPA: A Changing Environment' suitable for web viewing
Short (3 minute) version of the film 'The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate' suitable for web viewing
Short (3 minute) version of the film 'The New Arctic Reality' suitable for web viewing
Long (15 minute) version of the film 'SWIPA: A Changing Environment' suitable for web viewing
Long (15 minute) version of the film 'The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate' suitable for web viewing
Long (15 minute) version of the film 'The New Arctic Reality' suitable for web viewing
All videos are avilable in the following lauguages via our AMAP Vimeo channel
Greenlandic - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Norweigian - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Icelandic - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Sami - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Russion - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Danish - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
French - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Faroese - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Swedish - Short (ca. 3 minute) and Full length (ca. 15 minute) videos
Time-lapse movie clips
Available for non-commercial uses, including press/media use, and production of educational and outreach materials, etc. Click the links to play/download. You are kindly requested to acknowledge the indicated sources of these movie clips.
Photographs
Selection of photographs available for non-commercial uses, including press/media use, and production of educational and outreach materials, etc. Click the photos for full-size versions. You are kindly requested to acknowledge the indicated sources of these photos.
Blue glacier ice, Northwest Greenland. © Lars Witting/ARC-PIC.COM
An iceberg collapses, Disko Bay, West Greenland. © Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.COM
Surface meltwater disappears down a moulin. Near the ice margin in the Ilulissat region, West Greenland. © Konrad Steffen/CIRES, University of Colorado
Clearing snow drifts in downtown areas is an almost constant job. NEEM ice coring camp at the Greenland Ice Sheet, 77°27’N / 51°04’W, 2454 m altitude. © NEEM ice core drilling project, www.neem.ku.dk
The international flag line in the main street of the
NEEM ice coring camp at the Greenland Ice Sheet, 77°27’N / 51°04’W, 2454 m altitude © NEEM ice core drilling project, www.neem.ku.dk
Scientists and drillers at work in the sub-surface drill trench. NEEM ice coring camp at the Greenland Ice Sheet, 77°27’N / 51°04’W, 2454 m altitude © NEEM ice core drilling project, www.neem.ku.dk
The long-term research platform, Swiss Camp, at ca. 1100 m above sea level on the Greenland Ice Sheet (69°30’N / 49°20’W) northeast of Ilulissat, West Greenland © Konrad Steffen/CIRES, Univ. of Colorado
Iceberg being discharged from the glacier front of Jakobshavn Isbræ. Near Ilulissat, West Greenland © Martin Truffer/University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Drained glacier dammed meltwater lake reveals walls of bue ice. Near Helheim Glacier, Southeast Greenland © Henrik Egede Lassen/Alpha Film
Soil particles on the ice sheet surface near the margins further accelerate the melting process © Henrik Egede Lassen/Alpha Film
The surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter © Henning Thing
Meltwater from the ice sheet surface is drained through a moulin. The edge zone in the Ilulissat region, West Greenland © Konrad Steffen/CIRES, University of Colorado
Scientist from Ohio State University awaiting pick-up after installing a GNET GPS station on Timmiariit Island, SE Greenland, as part of the research efforts to estimate ice mass changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet © Dana Caccamise, Ohio State University
Heavily crevassed area of Jakobshavn Isbræ near the glacier front. Ilulissat, West Greenland © Konrad Steffen/CIRES, University of Colorado
Meltwater pond on an iceberg, Northwest Greenland © Lars Witting/ARC-PIC.COM
Unloading the shrimp harvest in the harbour of Ilulissat, West Greenland © Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.COM
Long-line fishing in Ilulissat Icefjord, Kangia, West Greenland © Carsten Egevang/ARC-PIC.COM
Vessels and iceberg in close neighbourhood in the lulissat harbour © Anders Skov Hansen/ARC-PIC.COM
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