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POLICY AND PRACTICE REVIEWS article
Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Affairs and Policy
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1563900
This article is part of the Research TopicThe State of Knowledge from Operational Ice Service Perspectives: Previous and Future MandatesView all 12 articles
THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Provisionally accepted- International Ice Charting Working Group, Ottawa, Canada
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Since 1999, the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) has successfully worked as a forum for the operational ice services and helped them to better meet the needs of their national and international maritime clients through coordination and cooperation in data sharing, standards, training, product development, and research activities. The annual meeting has proven to be a valuable opportunity for the national ice services to meet, along with their partners and clients, to share information about new research developments, implementation successes and failures, and advances in ice information products and services. This paper presents a brief overview of the first twenty-five years of the IICWG, including its raison d'être, the history of its formation, its organization, and its accomplishments.
Keywords: Seaice, Iceberg, Polar, marine, shipping
Received: 20 Jan 2025; Accepted: 06 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Falkingham. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: John Falkingham, International Ice Charting Working Group, Ottawa, Canada
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