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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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376 viewsThe Norwegian-U.S. Traverse team disembarks from the LC-139 Hercules at the South Pole.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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193 viewsThe team was stuck in the tent for 2 weeks while a storm prevented the airplane from landing.
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189 viewsA view of the entire town of Kanger from the top of a nearby hill. You can see the landing strip and airport in the background and the series of buildings that form the main street in the foreground. I was expecting snow and ice when I showed up, but my first experience in Greenland was drab, rocky hills and sandy terrain. The weather was brisk but not very cold.

Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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240 viewsThis walkway leads from the landing pad to the station.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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