Sea ice plays an important role in high latitude and global climate systems, polar ecosystems, navigation, and interaction with structures.

The sea ice research community in the UK numbers some 30 established researchers, and perhaps 10-20 postgraduate students, and is a significant resource of knowledge, experience, and talent.

The purpose of the UK sea ice group is to foster communication and collaboration within the UK sea ice community and allied areas such as oceanography and global climate modelling. The UK Sea Ice Group is supported by The Challenger Society. Jeff Ridley, of the Hadley Centre, is the sea ice contact for the Challenger Society.

The first meeting of the UK sea ice group was hosted by the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling in UCL on 22 Sept 2003 with about 40 participants and the second meeting was held on 27-28 September 2004 at DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge (see links). They consisted of a series of talks, posters, and discussion (see links).

The third meeting in 2005 was held in the UK Met Office, Exeter.

There is a UK Sea Ice community e-mail list. If you would like to be on this list, or have any comments or questions, please contact Danny Feltham.