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449 views U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used large, specially designed vehicles to drive slowly across the ice sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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419 viewsThe U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used large, specially designed vehicles to drive slowly across the ice sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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387 viewsThe U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used large, specially designed vehicles to drive slowly across the ice sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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369 viewsThe U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used large, specially designed vehicles to drive slowly across the ice sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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416 viewsThe truck cab of one of the traverse vehicles is popped up to show the engine that will power across East Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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371 viewsThe U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used large, specially designed vehicles to drive slowly across the ice sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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539 viewsThe lead vehicle in the U.S.-Norway Traverse of East Antarctica used this extendable radar to monitor the ice sheet for hidden crevasses.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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348 viewsThis shack housed science equipment and experimenters during the traverse.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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406 viewsThe South Pole station houses a number of vehicles, including this tractor.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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386 viewsOne of the traverse vehicles prepares for the journey at the South Pole.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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481 viewsAnother research team drills a hole in the ice at the South Pole.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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413 viewsResearchers will use these sensors to measure gravity at the South Pole.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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