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		Sea Ice Webcam The webcam image above is taken from atop a 4-story building in downtown Barrow, Alaska. The camera is looking approximately NNW and updated every 5 minutes. Click image, or here for a larger view. Location: 71° 17&prime 33&Prime N, 156° 47&prime 18&Prime W. Contact: Jeremy Harbeck
		Sea Ice Radar This radar image is from a radar mounted on a 4-story building in downtown Barrow near the beach. It is updated every 10 minutes, through night and day. Green is the coastline. White marks show objects that reflect the radar signal - including buildings and rough sea ice. Animations of last 24 hours and full-size image. Animations of ice break-out events 2004, 2006, 2007.
		Sea Ice and Sea Level Station Installed February 2008, on land-fast first-year Chukchi Sea ice, about 1/2 mile offshore. GPS co-ordinates and map. Removed June 17, 2008. Snow and ice thickness, local sea level, water-ice-snow-air temperatures. Data Archive 2008 results 2007 results 2006 results
	Other northern Alaska sea ice datasets Mapping and characterization of recurring spring leads and landfast ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (1993-2004) Sea ice core and mass balance data (1999-present) Acknowledgements This project is supported through the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) with logistical and technical support provided by the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC). We also gratefully acknowledge the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) for supporting installation of the webcam and radar. This material is also based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OPP-0632398. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).