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Drifting Station Ceremonies24 viewsPart of the opening ceremonies involved the firing of guns and rifles. Image credit: EWG.
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Drifting Station Ceremonies32 viewsSimilar to the opening ceremonies, the closing ceremonies also involved firing guns and rifles. This ceremony commemorates the closing of North Pole Station 25. Image credit: EWG.
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Ice Hazards18 viewsA small lead (or crack in the ice) has opened in the foreground. New leads, which form under wind stress when the ice diverges, were a constant threat to the camps. Camps often had to be relocated due to the sudden appearance of an ice lead through the middle of the camp (unless the crack appeared during summer and was simply a melt channel). Image credit: EWG.
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179 viewsAIDJEX 1972 Pilot Study: Unmanned current-meter holes had to be reopened periodically.
Image Credit: National Snow & Ice Data Center
AIDJEX Web site
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700 viewsThe new South Pole station recently opened, replacing the older dome-shaped station.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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214 viewsOpen water and thin ice are hard to see in the flat light and poor visibility.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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187 viewsAndy Mahoney poses on sea ice with open water behind him.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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219 viewsOpen water is visible at the mouth of Inglefield Fjord.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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115 viewsMetal frames await the installation of solar panels on the roof of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The solar array is part of the NSIDC Green Data Center cut energy consumption for data center cooling by more than 90 percent. —Credit: Ron Weaver/NSIDC
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83 viewsSupplies for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Green Data Center sit ready to be lifted to the roof for installation. —Credit: Ron Weaver/NSIDC
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90 viewsSupplies for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Green Data Center were lifted by crane onto the roof where workers installed a solar array aimed at reducing energy consumption for data center cooling by more than 90 percent. —Credit: Ron Weaver/NSIDC
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107 viewsNational Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Director Mark Serreze (left) and Technical Services Manager David Gallaher survey the progress of solar array installation on the roof of NSIDC. —Credit: Ron Weaver/NSIDC
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