National Snow and Ice Data Center

The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) was formed in October 1999 to promote cooperation between the world's ice centers on all matters concerning sea ice and icebergs.

IICWG-XVIII

• The 18th meeting of the IICWG will be held in Hobart, Tasmania September 25-29, 2017
• Draft Agenda (PDF 248 KB, Aug. 2017)
• 18th Meeting 2nd Invitation Letter (PDF 163 KB, Aug. 2017)
• Call for Agenda Items (PDF 473 KB, Mar. 2017)

8th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Verification

• 1-3 November 2017 at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Bergen, Norway
• Flyer (PDF 215 KB, Apr. 2017)

Action Item Status

• IICWG Plenary Action Item Status (PDF 131 KB, Aug. 2017)

What's New

International Ice Information Documentation/Reference List (PDF 93 KB, Apr. 2017)

Emergency Contacts

Floating ice information for emergency situations: International Ice Service Emergency Contact List (PDF 162 KB, May 2017)

Regional Contacts

Canada: David Jackson, Canadian Ice Service (Tel: +1 613-996-5088, David.Jackson2@ec.gc.ca)

Denmark/Greenland: Keld Qvistgaard, Danish Meteorological Institute (Tel: +45 39 15 73 44, kqh@dmi.dk)

Finland: Antti Kangas, Finnish Meteorological Institute (Tel: +358 40 8678838, antti.kangas@fmi.fi)

Germany: Jürgen Holfort, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (Tel: +49 (0) 381 4563-782, Juergen.Holfort@bsh.de)

Norway: Nick Hughes, Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Tel: +47 77 62 13 00, Nick.Hughes@met.no)

Poland: Ida Stanislawczyk, Hydrological Forecasting Office Gdynia (Tel: +48-58 62-88-147, Ida.Stanislawczyk@imgw.pl)

Russia: Vasily Smolyanitsky, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Tel: +7 812-337-3149, vms@aari.ru)

Sweden: Emma Grönkvist, SMHI / Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Tel: +46 (0)11 495 8570, emma.gronkvist@smhi.se)

United States: Caryn Panowicz, U.S. National Ice Center (Tel: +1 301-817-3942, caryn.panowicz@noaa.gov)

IICWG Secretariat: John.Falkingham@rogers.com

International Ice Patrol: Gabrielle McGrath (Tel: +1 860-271-2631, gabrielle.g.mcgrath@uscg.mil)

British Antarctic Survey - Andrew Fleming (Tel: +44 01223 221451, ahf@bas.ac.uk)

Latest Ice Charts

For the latest ice charts, see the Ice Logistics Portal.

IICWG Wiki

For access to these Wiki pages, contact the IICWG Secretariat for login credentials.

• IICWG Members' Wiki Page
• DICSSC Wiki Page
• ASRSC Wiki Page

Note: This site is maintained for IICWG by the NOAA@NSIDC team.