Lab 1

Arctic sea ice decline

Assigned	Due	Submit
9/8/26	9/15/26	Canvas

This week, we’re borrowing a lab written by Heather Smith, an amazing cartographer and artist who spent a fair bit of time at Esri and wrote some top-notch tutorials for them.

For you all, this lab should contain some reminders as well as some new material. It covers everything from projections and symbology to layout and charts. You’ll submit the final product on Canvas by Tuesday 9/15/26 at 11:59pm.

Click this link to access the lab. Complete all 5 sections of the tutorial. Your final map will resemble the one below, which is cool looking, but extremely sad:

Figure 1: “Arctic sea ice decline,” by Heather Smith