Ice sheet
WAIS Workshops
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WAIS) Workshops bring together early-career and senior researchers to exchange ideas and cutting-edge science.
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Glacier photo
On Thin Ice Blog
Follow NSIDC scientists as they explore the crumbling Antarctic Ice Shelf as part of the NSF-funded Larsen Ice Shelf System Antarctica (LARISSA) project.
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Mosaic of Antarctica
MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA)
The MOA Image Map consists of two cloud-free digital image maps that show mean surface morphology, and a quantatative measure of optical snow grain size.
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Satellite image of ice shelf
Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves
View pictures from the Antarctic Ice Shelf Image Archive spanning back to the late 1980s.
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Ice sheet
Glacier photo
Mosaic of Antarctica
Satellite image of ice shelf

Overview

The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) at NSIDC archives and distributes Antarctic glaciological and cryospheric data collected by the U.S. Antarctic Program. From this Web site, you can access the data, the metadata, and the guide documentation for each data set as well as submit your data for archival, find related data sets, and access a collection of Antarctica photographs and images from the NSIDC archive.

Funding

Funding for this project is provided by the Division of Polar Programs, Antarctic Research, Glaciology Grant: NSF OPP ANT 0944763. AGDC is part of the U.S. Antarctic Data Consortium (ADC).

Photo in banner by Flickr user Martha de Jong-Lantink. Some rights reserved.