About Adoptice
An independent registry that lets anyone keep a named connection to one real piece of ice.
Adoptice in one paragraph
Adoptice is an independent online registry at adoptice.com where anyone can symbolically adopt a real glacier from the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0 or an Antarctic iceberg tracked weekly by the US National Ice Center. Each piece of ice has a public page with its data and real satellite pictures, and each adoption comes with a certificate that anyone can verify. The name is one word, made of adopt and ice: Adoptice.
Why we made it
There are 274,531 glaciers on Earth in the Randolph Glacier Inventory, and almost none of them has a name anyone remembers. Every week, the US National Ice Center lists the large icebergs drifting around Antarctica, and most people have never heard of them.
We thought a person could care about one of them, if it were easy to find, if it had a real picture and if its story were kept somewhere. So we built a registry where you can pick a glacier or an iceberg, give it a name and follow it from space.
What symbolic means, and why it is honest
You do not buy ice. The adoption links your name to a real entry in a scientific list and gives you a certificate with a unique ID that anyone can verify. It carries no legal rights over the ice, it is not a donation and it is not an investment. We say this on every page because trust matters more than a bigger promise.
What is real
- Glacier outlines, areas and elevations come from the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0.
- Iceberg names, sizes and positions come from the US National Ice Center weekly list.
- Pictures are real satellite images with their date and source.
Read the details on the data and methodology page and the credits page.
Who runs it
Adoptice is run by Boudjelal Maria, a sole trader based in Algeria. Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy, our payment partner and the official seller. Adoptice is not affiliated with NASA, ESA, the US National Ice Center or any space agency.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections and ideas are welcome. Write to contact@adoptice.com or use the contact form.
