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The
National
Snow
and
Ice
Data
Center
(NSIDC)
has
made
a
select
set
of
images
viewable
through
the
popular
interactive
desktop
application,
Google
Earth.
Users
can
choose
from
a
set
of
data-based
images
(KMZ
and
KML
files)
and
display
them
on
a
virtual
globe.
Featured
datasets
include
changes
in
glaciers,
the
Larsen
B
ice
shelf,
and
Arctic
sea
ice
extent
from
1979-2006,
breakup
of
the
Larsen
B
ice
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NSIDC
houses
over
15,000
photographic
prints
of
glaciers,
taken
both
from
the
air
and
from
the
ground.
These
photographs
constitute
an
important
historical
record,
as
well
as
a
data
collection
of
interest
to
those
studying
the
response
of
glaciers
to
climate
change.
More
than
3,000
glacier
photos
are
online,
and
most
of
these
glaciers
are
in
the
Rocky
Mountains,
the
Pacific
Northwest,
and
Alaska.
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This video segment, adapted from a NOVA broadcast, shows how the members of an Antarctic research team cope with the inhospitable climate and other environmental hazards during their stay. The segment is five minutes four seconds in length.
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This video segment, adapted from a NOVA broadcast, shows a team of glaciologists carving into a glacier on the East Sheet of Antarctica to monitor the nature and speed of its movement. The segment is three minutes thirty-three seconds in length.
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Antarctic Ice Movement: Part II -
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Lessons plans on polar science activities for use in K-8 classroom are available on this website. Topics are Sea Level Change, Glacial Dynamics, Water Properties, Icebergs, and Global Warming. Each plan includes activity time, materials, background, directions, discussion, extension, related activities and vocabulary. These plans align to National and Kansas science standards.
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This video shows the retreat of the Laurentide ice sheet that covered much of North America from 18,000 to 8,000 years ago.
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Climatologists
know
that
the
measure
of
the
world's
ice,
in
all
its
many
dimensions
and
forms,
is
a
measure
of
current
conditions
as
well
as
of
those
frozen
over
time.
These
pages
present
a
summary
of
cryospheric
and
related
indicators
of
global
climate
trends
including:
temperature
change
over
the
past
century,
trends
in
hemispheric
snow
extent,
trends
in
hemispheric
sea
ice
extent,
glacier
melt,
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The
U.S.
ice
coring
community
has,
in
concert
with
its
international
partners,
made
remarkable
strides
to
advance
in
the
understanding
of
global
change.
This
document
was
assembled
by
the
Ice
Core
Working
Group
(ICWG),
and
provides
a
synthesis
of
the
global
change
lessons
learned
thus
far,
and
the
requirements
and
plans
for
solving
new
global
change
questions
utilizing
future
ice
coring
activities.
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This
is
the
homepage
of
avalanche.org,
a
network
designed
for
the
professional
avalanche
community,
that
also
features
a
wealth
of
information
for
anyone
interested
in
avalanches
and
wintertime
mountain
weather.
Materials
include
accident
reports
and
statistics,
a
guide
to
avalanche
observation
and
terminology,
and
links
to
online
tutorials
and
training
information
for
professionals.
There
are
also
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This
site
is
the
Polar
Meteorology
module
of
the
Naval
Postgraduate
School.
The
site
contains
five
main
sections;
each
of
which
is
stand-alone.
The
first
section
is
General
Information.
The
second
section
is
Vessel
Icing,
which
contains
a
comprehensive
presentation
of
the
effects,
causes,
prediction
methods
and
mitigation
procedures
for
icing
of
vessels
by
sea
spray.
The
third
section
is
Climate,
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