Barrow Sea Ice Webcam

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NEW! - Webcam video of the entire 2006-2007 sea ice season (one image per day): .mov .mp4

This image has been recorded by a web cam overlooking the landfast ice (or coastal ocean during the ice-free period in summer) from atop the ASRC building in downtown Barrow, Alaska. The camera is looking approximately NNW.

Apart from providing a visual impression of the sea-ice conditions off Barrow, these images establish a longer-term record of key dates in the seasonal evolution of the sea-ice cover, such as: onset of fall ice formation, formation of a stable ice cover, onset of spring melt, appearance of melt ponds, beginning of ice break-up in early summer, removal or advection of sea ice during the summer months.

To learn more about coastal sea-ice cover as it relates to climate variability and Inupiat Eskimo subsistence activities, click here