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Organisations

  • IICWG - International Ice Charting Working Group
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Technical

  • WMO-No.259 (2014) - Sea Ice Nomenclature
  • WMO-No.574 (2024) - Sea-ice Information and Services
  • WMO/TD-No.1214 (2010) - SIGRID-3: a vector archive format for sea ice charts
  • WMO/TD-No.1215 (2004) - Ice Chart Colour Code Standard
  • JCOMM TR 80 - Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue (Version 5.2, 2014)
  • JCOMM TR 81 - S-411 Ice Information Product Specification (Edition 1.1.0, 2014)
  • Fact Sheet - Sea Ice Symbols (ECCC, 2020)
  • Fact Sheet - Ice Bergs (ECCC)

Regulatory

  • IMO Polar Code

Related Portals

  • BarentsWatch

Other

  • Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters (Canadian Coast Guard)
  • Manual of Ice (MANICE) by Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Understanding and Identifying Old Ice in Summer (National Research Council Canada)

Books

  • The Ice Navigation and Seamanship Handbook
  • Ice Seamanship by Parnell, George Q

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