Schmidt Ice Cap

The Schmidt Ice Cap is an Arctic ice cap very near the limit of permanent sea ice, so as to be indistinguishable from the sea in winter, spring, and late fall. It covers almost all of Schmidt Island, a Russian Arctic island above the 80th parallel north. The ice cap's maximum elevation is ~, and it has a diameter of along its longest axis.

Climate

EF, with frigid winters and snowy, very cold summers. It may be warming due to climate change. Almost all precipitation occurs as snow, and November through April have never recorded a temperature high enough to melt snow. Though the yearly mean maximum is, the ice cap is sufficiently cold that enough snow persists through the summer to support glaciation.