The new Pole Watch App
brought to you by the Telespazio group is the only App to push images of
the North Pole from Space to your phone every day.
Click here to download Pole Watch from the App Store
As scientists have predicted that due to the combination of summer ice
melting, annual decrease in ice extent and ice pack drift driven by wind
and current there may soon be open water at the North Pole for the
first time in recorded history you will want to be the first to see it.
How far will the ice shrink this year? Will open water reach the North
Pole this year? Watch these historic events unfold with the Pole Watch
app!
The App comes pre-loaded with three historic Ice Extent Maps and the
latest Satellite image of the North Pole. It will then download on a
daily basis* the new maps so that you watch the ice coverage change and
zoom in on an actual satellite picture of the North Pole. You’ll get a
notification each time a new map has been downloaded so you can be first
to see what’s happening to the arctic ice.
The App also contains information about the North Pole Watch project,
polar science and interpretation advice for the Satellite imagery.
There’s a link to the companion website at North Pole Watch website
where you can find out more about the project, those involved and see
higher resolution versions of the images in the App. Plus there’s other
interesting information about the state of the poles, with inputs from
polar scientists such as Dr Seymour Laxon of the UCL CryoSat team.
How did we get these images? The Telespazio group have exploited their
unique access to the COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation to bring you
the North Pole Watch. The COSMO-SkyMed system is the only one designed
to be able to image the North Pole utilising standard very wide field of
view operating modes and regardless of cloud cover as it is a radar.
Telespazio VEGA UK has combined this COSMO-SkyMed data with polar ice
extent monitoring data to show the whole approach of the ice edge
towards the pole and to compare events at the last record minimum in
2007 to this year’s new record minimum.
*Images are uploaded daily Monday to Friday.
NOTE: You need to accept the Push Notification on the App as it will
send you a message at 12noon GMT when new images are available for the
App. If you download the App after 12noon GMT you will not receive a new
image until the following day.
