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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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479 viewsResearchers start to dig a snow pit.

From left to right:
Drew Slater,Matthew Sturm, and Steph Saari
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, NSIDC.
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449 viewsMark Serreze digs a deep snow pit.
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, NSIDC.
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396 viewsDrew takes a turn in the pit.
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, NSIDC.
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470 viewsThe snow pit looks deep when you're standing at the bottom.
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, NSIDC.
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571 viewsMatthew & Drew work the monster snow pit.
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, NSIDC.
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147 viewsMark Parsons digs a snow pit to examine the properties of snow cover during the 2011 Arctic Observing Network (Snownet) project in Alaska.
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135 viewsResearchers Matthew Sturm (left) and Mark Serreze examine layers in a snow pit during the 2011 Arctic Observing Network (Snownet) project in Alaska.
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301 viewsThis snow pit shows a crack in the ice, hidden by fresh snow.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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1035 viewsThis airplane waits to pick up the skiers at the end of their race across the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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891 viewsScientists dig a snow pit during the Norwegian-U.S. Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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830 viewsScientists examine equipment during the Norwegian-U.S. Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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