Sea ice Overview of sea ice growth and properties Chris Petrich & Hajo Eicken Sea ice thickness distribution Christian Haas Snow in the sea ice system : friend or foe Matthew Sturm & Robert A. Massom Sea ice and sunlight Donald K. Perovich The sea ice ocean boundary layer Miles G. McPhee The atmosphere over sea ice Ola Persson & Timo Vihma Sea ice and arctic ocean oceanography Finlo Cottier Mike Steele & Frank Nielsen Oceanography and sea ice in the southern ocean Michael P. Meredith & Mark A. Brandon Methods of satellite remote sensing of sea ice Gunnar Spreen & Stefan Kern Gaining (and losing) antarctic sea ice : variability trends and mechanisms Sharon Stammerjohn & Ted Maksym Losing arctic sea ice : observations of the recent decline and the long term context Walt N. Meier Sea ice in earth system models Dirk Notz & Cecilia M. Bitz Sea ice as a habitat for bacteria archaea and viruses Jody W. Deming & R. Eric Collins Sea ice as a habitat for primary producers Kevin R. Arrigo Sea ice as a habitat for micrograzers David A. Caron Rebecca J. Gast & Marie Eve Garneau Sea ice as a habitat for macrograzers Bodil A. Bluhm Kerrie M. Swadling & Rolf Gradinger Nutrients dissolved organic matter and exopolymers in sea ice Klaus M. Meiners & Christine Michel Gases in sea ice Jean Louis Tison Bruno Delille & Stathys Papadimitriou Transport and transformation of contaminants in sea ice Feiyue Wang Monika Pucko & Gary Stern Numerical models of sea ice biogeochemistry Martin Vancoppenolla & Letizia Tedesco Arctic marine mammals and sea ice Kristin L. Laidre & Eric V. Regehr Antarctic marine mammals and sea ice Marthán N. Bester Horst Bornemann & Trevor McIntyre A feathered perspective : the influence of sea ice on arctic marine birds Nina J. Karnovsky & Maria V. Gavrilo Birds and antarctic sea ice David Ainley Eric J. Woehler & Amelie Lescroel Sea ice is our beautiful garden : indigenous perspectives on sea ice of sea ice in the arctic Henry P. Huntington Shari Gearheard Lene Kielsen Holm George Noongwook Margaret Opie & Joelie Sanguya Advances in palaeo sea ice estimation Leanne Armand Alexander Ferry & Amy Leventer Ice in subarctic seas Hermanni Kaartokallio Mats A. Granskog Harri Kuosa & Jouni Vainio