Snow & Ice
How much of the planet is frozen — satellite-mapped snow cover and sea ice, the white edge of the world on one sheet.
Drag to spin — this is what yours looks like folded.
About this globe
Monthly snow and ice cover mapped by MODIS. The cryosphere breathes with the seasons — this globe is one frame of that cycle.
Compare the Himalayas' permanent white against the seasonal blanket across Siberia and Canada.
How the data was captured
Mapped daily by MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite, which tells snow from cloud by comparing visible and shortwave-infrared light — snow is bright in one and dark in the other — then averaged over the month.
Download free — pick your paper size
Print at 100% scale. Cut along solid lines, fold along dashed lines, glue the tabs. Your PDF can take up to a minute to prepare — hang tight after clicking.
In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
Sharing this globe?
Free for personal use, classrooms, and gifts — not for resale. If you post it on your site or share it online, please credit Folding Globes with a link. Copy-paste blurb:
"Snow & Ice" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/snow-and-ice · Data: NASA Earth Observations (MODIS snow cover)
Make it yours
Every paid shape also lets you pin your own places on the map.