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Use these maps, satellite photos and radar images to learn about a huge island of ice that broke off of Ellesmere Island and floated into the Arctic Ocean. With updates on the ice shelf's current position.

By using aircraft reconnaissance and remote satellite technology, the Canadian Ice Service monitors sea ice conditions in Canadian waters.

Plan a lesson that helps students learn about the polar ice caps and glaciers in the Canadian Arctic. Engage students by building a “cold trap” that demonstrates how huge amounts of water become "trapped" in mountain glaciers and at the Earth's poles.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about glaciers and icefields, huge masses of ice that cover 200 000 square kilometers or 2% of Canada’s area.

Contribute to Canadian climate change research by helping to record and analyze when ice forms and thaws on bodies of water.

Discover the importance of glaciers in defining Canada's landscape. Find information on how to measure glaciers and read about a project called the Canadian Glacier Inventory.

Find out what scientists can discover about ecology from the study of lake ice. Includes photo galleries, maps and terminology.

Learn what permafrost is, where it can be found and how it is affected by changes in climate.

Read about sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Determine its minimum and maximum extent every year and discover how it helps to moderate the effect of global warming.

Discover the importance of snow in Canada, how snow is measured and whether snow cover is changing along with the climate.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about hail, when and where it occurs, the damage it causes and major hailstorms that have occurred in Canada.

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about permafrost, which occurs when the ground remains at or below a temperature of 0oC for a minimum period of two years.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about sea ice, any form of ice that is found at sea and has originated from the freezing of sea water.

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to discover how glaciers affect the location and form of the unconsolidated material on the earth’s surface.

Learn how a new software model can forecast iceberg drift and help ships and off-shore oil platforms keep out of harm's way.