Overview

Meetings

Standing Committees

IICWG Business

Participating Agencies

Terms of Reference
and Charter

Related Links

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.

What's New

January 2013:
IICWG Data Assimilation Workshop Invitation (PDF 78 KB)

Current Events

13th IICWG Meeting Complete Summary and Report (December 2012)

IICWG-XIII News Release (PDF 200 KB, October 2012)

IICWG-XIII Executive Meeting Summary Report (PDF 91 KB, November 2012)

The 14th Meeting of the IICWG will be held in Iceland October 21-25, 2013.

Regional Contacts

Canada: David Jackson, Canadian Ice Service (Tel: +1 613-996-5088, David.Jackson@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 40 867 8838, 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)

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

Sweden: Robert Olsson, SMHI / Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Tel: +46 (0)11 495 8570, Robert.olsson@smhi.se)

United States: Pablo Clemente-Colón, U.S. National Ice Center (Tel: +1 301-817-3944, Pablo.Clemente-Colon@noaa.gov)

IICWG Secretariat: John.Falkingham@rogers.com

International Ice Patrol: Lisa Mack (Tel: +1 860-271-2635, Lisa.K.Mack@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 IPY Ice Portal.