03 May 2023 U.S. National Ice Center Welcomes New Director Commander R. D. Travis Wendt, USN relieved Commander Casey J. Gon, USN as Commanding Officer of the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) during a change of command ceremony, April 28.Commanding Officers of USNIC also dually serve as Director of the agency.Subordinate to U.S. Naval Meteorology and
16 August 2022 U.S. National Ice Center Deploys Buoy in Data-Sparse’d Arctic U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography (Naval Oceanography) representation from U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) were part of personnel aboard the USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) to successfully deploy Sofar Ocean spotter-buoys during its patrol to the North Pole, this Summer. Currently, Chief Warrant
13 July 2022 USNIC Receives Esri Special Achievement Award U.S. National Ice Center’s (USNIC) Information Technology Department Head, Mr. George Wachira, accepted an Esri Special Achievement award in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the 2022 Esri User Conference on behalf of USNIC’s workforce, July 13.USNIC was selected from more than 100,000 of
10 June 2022 U.S. National Ice Center Confirms A-74 Iceberg Split Near Berkner Island U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) confirmed iceberg A-74 (Fig. 1) split, or calved, into two icebergs—identified as A-74A and A-74B—near Berkner Island in the Weddell Sea, June 7, 2022. A-74A was centered at 76° 55' South and 45° 54' West , measuring 28 nautical miles on its longest axis and 18