Over the past few years, The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has built some impressive Google Earth files, such as the Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapse.
They’ve now released a project titled “A Climate Change Tour of Cold Places“, which was created as a collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education. The 12 minute tour is narrated, and features a variety of photos and videos along the way. They call it a “tour of the snowy and icy regions of the world covering sea ice, glaciers, ice shelves, and permafrost“.
You can download the KML of the tour here
. For details about the data behind the tour, they have a comprehensive data sheet available. For more information, simply visit their site.
About Mickey Mellen
Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.