3D ICE | Yu Wang | Antarctic Researcher

Explore Antarctica from every angle. Rotate, zoom, and peel back the ice to uncover a hidden world in interactive 3D.

View Controls

Region

Resolution preset

Vertical exaggeration 4.0x

Ice opacity 0.65

Show bed topography Show ice surface Show ice bottom surface Show refined basins Show ice surface velocity Show ice flowlines Show basal friction Show effective pressure Show subglacial channels

Show ocean streamlines

Surface Upper Mid Lower

Show ice-shelf basal melt Show ice-shelf thermal driving Show sea level (0 m) Wireframe mode

Bed Elevation Color

-7000 m 0 +3500 m

Ice Surface Velocity Color

0 m/yr 50 200 500 1000 3000

Basal Friction Color

0 Mpa 0.02 0.04 0.08 0.15 0.3

Basal Melt Color

-1 m/yr 0 15

Thermal Driving Color

0 °C 0.4 0.8

Ocean Streamline Color

Warm8.0 °C Cold-2.0 °C

Fresh30.0 PSU Salty35.0 PSU

Effective Pressure Color

0 MPa 1 3 5

Channel Discharge Color

0.001 m3/s 0.01 1 100

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Recording Mode

Capture Controls

Orbit Zoom Pulse

Direction

Speed 0.70x

Zoom Amount 8%

Manual Nudge

Hotkeys: P play/stop, J/L orbit, I/K live tilt during playback, U/O zoom, H show or hide controls.

Mouse: drag to orbit, wheel to zoom, right-drag to pan.
Touch: one finger orbit, pinch zoom.