NSDIC provides information and data for researchers in the fields of avalanches, glaciers, icesheets, sea-ice, permafrost and ice-cores.The web site includes news on ice shelves and icebergs; images of Antarctic ice shelves (Amery, west ice shelf, Shackleton, Sabrina coast, Mertz glacier); satellite data on the extent and stability of ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula; information on icebergs, usually those calved from Antarctic ice shelves; iceberg images; an iceberg FAQ; and links to related sites.