Daily KML Files for Google Earth

The National Ice Center produces daily shape files showing the ice edges and the marginal ice zone around the polar regions. For our customers who use Google Earth, the daily polar Marginal Ice Zone products are also made available in KMZ format. These files are now available showing area outlines as well as solid areas.

KMZ files for both the Arctic and Antarctic are retained for two weeks, and are listed below. In this list, the date of the file is given as the 4-digit year plus the 3-digit Julian day. The undated file is always the most recent one produced.

The Ice Center also maintains a multi-year archive of these and related products as charts and shape files. See our Daily Ice Analysis Products page, or (for customers with wideband Internet connections), our Products on Demand page.

While every attempt has been made to place a complete data set on the web, some days may be missing.

Area	File	Size (K)
Arctic	arctic.kmz	2282
	arctic_line_2012137.kmz	2199
	arctic_line_2012136.kmz	2200
	arctic_line_2012135.kmz	2192
	arctic_line_2012134.kmz	2310
	arctic_line_2012133.kmz	2300
	arctic_line_2012132.kmz	2252
	arctic_line_2012131.kmz	2249
	arctic_line_2012130.kmz	2320
	arctic_line_2012129.kmz	2303
	arctic_line_2012128.kmz	2311
	arctic_line_2012127.kmz	2319
	arctic_line_2012126.kmz	2318
	arctic_line_2012125.kmz	2333
	arctic_line_2012124.kmz	2213
	arctic_line_2012123.kmz	2229
	arctic_line_2012122.kmz	2288
	arctic_2012137.kmz	2282
	arctic_2012136.kmz	2288
	arctic_2012135.kmz	2261
	arctic_2012134.kmz	2408
	arctic_2012133.kmz	2380
	arctic_2012132.kmz	2291
	arctic_2012131.kmz	2267
	arctic_2012130.kmz	2359
	arctic_2012129.kmz	2322
	arctic_2012128.kmz	2326
	arctic_2012127.kmz	2341
	arctic_2012126.kmz	2337
	arctic_2012125.kmz	2366
	arctic_2012124.kmz	2216
	arctic_2012123.kmz	2236
	arctic_2012122.kmz	2303
Antarctic	antarctic.kmz	1322
	antarctic_line_2012137.kmz	1308
	antarctic_line_2012136.kmz	1327
	antarctic_line_2012135.kmz	1315
	antarctic_line_2012134.kmz	1321
	antarctic_line_2012133.kmz	1278
	antarctic_line_2012132.kmz	1272
	antarctic_line_2012131.kmz	1290
	antarctic_line_2012130.kmz	1278
	antarctic_line_2012129.kmz	1317
	antarctic_line_2012128.kmz	1321
	antarctic_line_2012127.kmz	1360
	antarctic_line_2012126.kmz	1356
	antarctic_line_2012125.kmz	1329
	antarctic_line_2012124.kmz	1315
	antarctic_line_2012123.kmz	1307
	antarctic_line_2012122.kmz	1311
	antarctic_2012137.kmz	1322
	antarctic_2012136.kmz	1350
	antarctic_2012135.kmz	1330
	antarctic_2012134.kmz	1339
	antarctic_2012133.kmz	1293
	antarctic_2012132.kmz	1296
	antarctic_2012131.kmz	1333
	antarctic_2012130.kmz	1318
	antarctic_2012129.kmz	1352
	antarctic_2012128.kmz	1358
	antarctic_2012127.kmz	1395
	antarctic_2012126.kmz	1389
	antarctic_2012125.kmz	1339
	antarctic_2012124.kmz	1319
	antarctic_2012123.kmz	1313
	antarctic_2012122.kmz	1320