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Arctic Sea Ice Charts from Danish Meteorological Institute, 1893 - 1956, Version 1

Metadata Updated: February 21, 2025

These charts, created by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), provide observed and inferred sea ice extent for each summer month from 1893 to 1956. From 1893 to 1956, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) created charts of observed and inferred sea ice extent for each summer month. These charts are based on compiled observations of ice conditions reported by a variable network of national organizations, shore-based observers, scientific expeditions, and ships as detailed in each report; in cases where no observations were available, the lead mapmakers extrapolated further ice cover using their knowledge of ice movement. Except for where direct observations are indicated, caution is advised in using the charts’ ice edge because there is no way to quantify the assumptions used in extrapolating ice edge or the error involved in this method. See the note on reliability for further discussion of potential error. The charts were scanned at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) and are being made available here as a service and in cooperation with DMI and other contributors. In all, there are 266 image files containing 291 images.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025
Publisher NSIDC
Maintainer
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Data First Published 1893-04-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
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Program Code 026:001
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Temporal 1893-04-01T00:00:00Z/1956-08-31T23:59:59.999Z

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