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Life on a Drifting Station40 viewsAs a rule, each North Pole camp served as the base camp for the activity of the high-latitude Sever ("North" in Russian) airborne data collecting expeditions. Image credit: EWG.
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Life on a Drifting Station28 viewsThe main airplane, Ilyushin 14 (IL-14) used for transporting personnel and cargo. Image credit: EWG.
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Life on a Drifting Station22 viewsA biplane landing near an iceberg, off the Laptev Sea. Image credit: EWG.
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Ice Hazards18 viewsMost of the time, the only way to deliver supplies to the North Pole stations was by plane. Weather conditions in the sky could be just as harsh and extreme as conditions on the ground. Here, a biplane is grounded after an accident near the Kara Sea in 1981. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments26 viewsStation members were responsible for recording measurements from a variety of different instruments. Shown here is an array of meteorological instruments at NP-21. From left are the instrument for solar radiation measurement (pyranometer, albedometer, actinometer and balancemeter), the shelter housing thermometers for air temperature and humidity and the hair hygrometer, the precipitation gauge (Tetrakov type), and the anemometer, which is mounted on a mast at 10 meters. Image credit: EWG.
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NASA IceBridge2005 viewsThe Operation IceBridge mission, initiated in 2009, collects airborne remote sensing measurements to bridge the gap between NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-I) mission and the upcoming ICESat-II mission. This photo was taken over the Patagonian ice fields, on November 23, 2009.
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220 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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248 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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215 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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210 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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195 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Jumpsuit camp from the air.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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244 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Twin otter airplane.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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