For the third consecutive October, NASA research aircraft are flying over Antarctica in search of clues about the health and dynamics of the frozen continent’s massive ice sheets and shelves. Part of the NASA-funded IceBridge mission, planes carry instruments to measure the thickness of snow and ice, as well as the shape of the land […]
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NASA Begins Operation IceBridge 2011 0
This Monday, March 14, the American space agency embarked on the 2011 iteration of its famous IceBridge Mission, which seeks to determine the state of the polar ice caps all over the world. This year’s endeavors will be focused in the Arctic, especially in northern Canada. At the same time, all participants will attempt to […]
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