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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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Arctic Buildings17 viewsHarsh and extreme arctic conditions required special considerations when trying to build any type of structure. Heavy machinery was used to construct and maintain the runways that allowed planes to deliver supplies. When not used for runways, tractors such as this one would be used for other construction around the camp. 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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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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244 viewsAIDJEX pilot study 1972. Twin otter airplane.
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Tom Marlar/CRREL
AIDJEX Web site
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169 viewsAIDJEX 1971 Pilot Study: NASA, NAVOCEANO, and the U.S. coast guard made a series of remote-sensing flight over the AIDJEX strain array. The photo shows a NASA convair 990 making a low-level pass over the area
Image Credit: National Snow & Ice Data Center
AIDJEX Web site
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493 viewsThis terminal serves flights to Antarctica from New Zealand.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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437 viewsTed Scambos poses in front of the International Antarctic Center in New Zealand, waiting for his flight to Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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423 viewsThe Norwegian-U.S. Traverse team board a flight to Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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448 viewsTed Scambos waits to board the plane that will take him to McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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