About the 2012 North Pole Web Cams

click image to enlarge        
Melt ponds at web cam 1 Polar bear tracks Melt ponds at web cam 2 last good image web cam 2

Melt ponds at web cam 1

Polar bear tracks

Melt ponds at web cam 2

last good image web cam 2

Watch on YouTube

The 2012 North Pole web cams were deployed by the University of Washington. Images are available from the North Pole Environmental Observatory website for Web Cam 1 and Web Cam 2. See images and animations below.

On August 26, 2012, Arctic sea ice extent reached the lowest value observed so far during the satellite record. Following that low, Arctic sea ice extent continued to drop falling below 4 million square kilometers by September 5. Compared to September conditions in the 1980's and 1990's, this represents a 45% reduction in the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice. (Reference: National Snow and Ice Data Center).

2012 Web Cam animations & information:

More Information :

Web cam Home and Acknowledgments
Daylight and Darkness at the North Pole

• All images 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
• Moods of the North Pole 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
• About the environment                 2003 2002
• About the instruments 2011 2010   2008       2004 2003 2002
• About the web cam(s) 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005   2003 2002
• Weather data 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002


NSF The North Pole Web Cam is part of the North Pole Environmental Observatory, a joint National Science Foundation-sponsored effort by the Polar Science Center, / APL / UW, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory / NOAA, the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Oregon State University, and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Polar Science Center