NOAAVisualizations | Polar Ice Fluctuations @NOAAVisualizations | Uploaded 16 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
The poles go through cycles of ice advance and retreat every year depending on the season. However, it is the average diminishing ice concentrations that trouble scientists. Presented here are two years of ice concentration data from the NASA QuikSCAT satellite. NOAA uses this data to observe major trends in ice concetration.