Data Announcement
  • Sea ice

International Ice Patrol Iceberg Sightings Database Updated for the 2021 Iceberg Season

NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the International Ice Patrol (IIP) has updated their Iceberg Sightings Database through the 2021 iceberg season. The IIP has been collecting information on iceberg activity in the North Atlantic since 1913, and this database contains data from these sightings starting in 1960. The IIP data files include latitude and longitude of sighted icebergs, coded iceberg size and shape class, and date and time of the sighting.

For more information on this data set and to access the data, please visit the International Ice Patrol Iceberg Sightings Database data set landing page.

Data Set DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N56Q1V5R