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TATW Map of the Months 2022

By | Multimedia
January 1, 2022
Logo of The Arctic Institute's Map of the Month

The Arctic Institute Map of the Month Initiative

Maps provide a useful means of understanding the various ways a region can be understood depending on the industry, discipline, culture or individual. Further, maps allow for the visualization of development and change in a region. Thus, the purpose of our TATW Map of the Month initiative is to highlight the various ways our changing Arctic can be visualised, by showcasing maps created by various geographers, cartographers and organisations around the world. Maps selected for each month reflect a relevant finding or event related to Arctic geography. TATW Map of the Month maps were not be created by The Arctic Institute, but rather shared with permission from the owners in order to make Arctic-related maps more accessible. Check out our 2022 TATW Maps of the Month below.

Map showing in various colours (from orange to green) the change of Arctic greening between 2000 and 2020

Change in Tundra greenness 2000-2020 (Map of the Month January 2022)

Icefish breeding colony Antarctic (Map of the Month February 2022)

Various maps showing location of icefish breeding colony
bathymetric map in various colours (green to blue) showing currents and water masses in Antarctic

Bathymetric map of Amundsen Sea embayment (Map of the Month March 2022)

Antarctic meteorite hotspot map (Map of the Month April 2022)

Various maps in different colours of Antarctica
Various coloured arrows highlight plastic transportation into the Arctic Ocean

Plastic pollution in the Arctic (Map of the Month May 2022)

Groundwater system below Antarctic ice (Map of the Month June 2022)

Arial shot of island with icebergs surrounding it

New border between Canada and Denmark on Hans Island (Map of the Month July 2022)

Arctic sea ice concentration for July 2022 (Map of the Month August 2022)

Two maps showing the Arctic's sea ice concentration
Two maps showing Antarctica's sea ice concentration

Antarctic sea ice concentration for August 2022 (Map of the Month September 2022)

Sápmi and Norway overlapping boundaries (Map of the Month October 2022)

Map showing Northern Europe highlighting in white the Sápmi region
Map of the Arctic showing in various colours and shades terrestrial carbon release

Different terrestrial organic carbon sources to circum-Arctic shelf sediments (Map of the Month November 2022)

Starlink – Canada/Alaska Availability May 2022 (Map of the Month December 2022)

Map of Alaska and bordering Northern Canada showing in various shades of blue the coverage of the satellite inernet service Starlink