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Overview

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.

Current Events

IICWG XI

The 11th meeting of the International Ice Charting Working Group will be held in Washington D.C. on 18-22 October 2010. The National Ice Center will host the meeting. See the meetings Web page for more information.

For more information about IICWG XI, contact the IICWG Secretariat: John.Falkingham@rogers.com

What's New

July 2010: The status of the action items of the Applied Science and Research Standing Committee from the IICWG X meeting has been updated. To view the report, see the Standing Committee on Applied Science and Research (Science and Technology) Web page.

June 2010: The status of action items of the Data, Information, and Customer Support Standing Committee (DICSSC) from the IICWG X meeting has been updated. To view the report, see the Committee Reports and Presentations section of the Standing Committee on Data, Information, and Customer Support Web page.

Interesting History

April 1, 2010 commemorates the 50 year anniversary of the first television image of Earth from space taken with the TIROS-1 weather satellite on April 1, 1960. Read the article and see the image: 50th Anniversary of First Image from TIROS-1 (PDF, 188 KB)

Latest Ice Charts

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

 

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