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data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice: A New Low?

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The Antarctic minke whale is the only baleen whale found in the icy waters of the Antarctic.
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Antarctic Minke Whale

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A team of scientists explore the Arctic ocean.
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The Hidden Ocean

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Emperor penguins are the largest of the penguin species and can grow to be 100 pounds.
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Emperor Penguins on the Ice

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Every year as the sun disappears for the winter, the surface waters around Antarctica freeze into a slab of ice 10-feet thick, which effectively doubles the size of the continent.
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Antarctic Pack Ice

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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Jakobshavn Glacier

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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Up Close and Personal With the Fastest Glacier in the World

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data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Graph

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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Blue-Green Antarctic Glacier

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Antarctica is almost entirely covered by ice sheets up to two miles (3 km) thick, which contain roughly 70% of the world’s freshwater.
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Ross Sea Ice Shelf

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