NSIDC Photo & Image Gallery

Most viewed - Sea Ice

231 viewsAn above view of the edge of the smooth snow-covered sea ice, which broken pieces floating off.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Anthony Petty

230 viewsAn aerial view of the ice sculpture, surrounded by nilas and smooth snow-covered ice.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor

227 viewsA jumble of ice was caused by large rocks and the tide in shallow water below.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

227 viewsWhile navigating the Ross Sea, the team came across this unusual cluster of icebergs and pancake ice. This is one of several photos taken.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC

226 viewsA gibbous moon glows over the ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

224 viewsThe sun sets over the northernmost football field, set up on the sea ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

224 viewsAlong the Antarctic Remote Ice Sensing Experiment (ARISE), the team came across some native Antarctic wildlife; pictured here is the crabeater seal.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Paul Endersby

223 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
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223 viewsOpen water is visible at the mouth of Inglefield Fjord.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

223 viewsAn airborne view of the overlapping nila blended into the smooth snow-covered sea ice, which an iceberg in the middle.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC