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NSIDC Scientific Expeditions
Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? 
Tiny valleys near the top of Antarctica’s ice sheet reach temperatures of nearly -100 degrees Celsius (-148 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter.
NSIDC Home
Advancing knowledge of Earth's frozen regions
NSIDC manages and distributes scientific data, creates tools for data access, supports data users, performs scientific research, and educates the public about the cryosphere.
Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis
Scientific analysis of Arctic sea ice conditions plus daily images..jpg)
ELOKA
Working together to understand the changing Arctic system..jpg)
Satellite Observations of the Arctic
Mapping decades of NASA scientific data.
The NASA DAAC at NSIDC
NASA Earth science data on snow, ice, cryosphere, and climate.
Visit the Cryosphere
Facts, photos and educational resources about Earth's frozen regions.
Greenland Today
Daily surface melt images from NASA data, and scientific analysis.News
13 June 2018
NSIDC senior research scientist Ted Scambos co-authors the Nature paper, which breaks new ground in implicating sea ice change in sea level rise.
30 April 2018
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are joining forces to investigate Thwaties Glacier—a massive, rapidly changing glacier in Antarctica.
30 March 2018
Roger G. Barry, founding director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), passed away on March 19, 2018, concluding a distinguished career in the study of the cryosphere and mountain climates.
23 March 2018
Sea ice over the Arctic Ocean likely reached its maximum extent for the year on March 17, the second lowest in the 39-year satellite record, falling just behind 2017.
Events
16 September 2018 to 20 September 2018
Stony Point, New York
This multidisciplinary Earth system science workshop will focus on the distinctive glaciological, geological, oceanographic, and climatic aspects of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, though research in other areas that illuminate these glaciological processes are welcome.
20 September 2018 to 21 September 2018
Stony Point, New York
Participants in the five-year UK-US collaborative project will meet to share research plans and discuss logistics for the upcoming field seasons.
