Sea Ice Atlas

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · 2012-12-04

NASA’s 2012 IceBridge footage introduces the varied sea ice surrounding Antarctica: freezing, thawing and deformation under winds and ocean currents. This is historical field imagery, not a report of present-day ice conditions.

NASA source poster showing fractured sea ice and open water.
NASA source poster showing fractured sea ice and open water. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. No NASA endorsement implied.

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NASA metadata, exact poster and media response checked; browser playback tested separately. Not a complete independent fact-check. Film imagery and scientific visualizations have different evidentiary roles. Historical conditions should not be presented as current.