2008 Sea Ice Webcam Time-lapse in Barrow, Alaska

This is a time-lapse of the web cam located in Barrow, AK overlooking landfast ice in the Arctic Ocean. One photo per day, spanning the entire cycle of sea ice drift and growth (November, December), and decay (May, June), reduction of extent and break-up (late June). Note the break out event in late November, and the brief opening of the ice cover in late January. Time-lapse spans September 2007 until August 2008. The camera is located atop the ASRC building downtown, looking approximately NNW. See http://www.gi.alaska.edu/snowice/sea-lake-ice/barrow_webcam.html for details.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• science
• Chukchi
• Sea
• Ice
• Point
• Barrow
• Observatory
• Arctic
• Ocean

[dustinproffitt83]

It's amazing how different the weather is from one day to the next.

[bulls7123]

Man, they have darkness from late November to late January, I wouldn't want that.

[ShmooyShmoo]

im happy i dont live there.

[awwwyeaboyeeee]

This is amazing. Thank you for posting!

[79goldmaster1]

al gore should live here...

[NYNYRaider]

Very nice...it's not the coldest part of the state, since it's coastal, but Nome gets more sun (fewer clouds). Where did you get the music? KBRW?

[JonP321]

That was really cool. I've bookmarked the web cam site.

[watermelonorange]

its funny how the roads dissapear and reappear. i went to barrow last summer. It was cool.

[ajgolfer1]

looks like the ice didnt completely dissapear over the summer.