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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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Taking Scientific Measurements29 viewsOne of the primary purposes of the drifting stations was to collect all possible meteorological data while on the ice floe. This involved installing, calibrating, and maintaining the instruments. Here, researcher German Maximov conducts a routine calibration of a pyranometer (in the large tube). Image credit: EWG.
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Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis2672 viewsThis image compares the average sea ice extent for September 2007 to September 2005; the magenta line indicates the long-term median from 1979 to 2000. September 2007 sea ice extent was 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles), compared to 5.57 million square kilometers (2.14 million square miles) in September 2005. This image is from the NSIDC Sea Ice Index.
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859 viewsTed Scambos smiles from the driver's seat of one of the traverse vehicles.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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Launching an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 145 viewsJay Ardai (LDEO) launches a Seabird CTD which is suspended in the cage as an ADCP lays on the deck in preparation for deployment as a CTD/ADCP cast from the deck of the USS Hawkbill during SCICEX-98. Photo: Greg Kurras (Edwards and Coakley 2003).
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1033 viewsLead, AIDJEX pilot study.
Image Credit: National Snow & Ice Data Center
AIDJEX Web site
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620 viewsPfeister's Island;March April 1974
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Pat Martin
AIDJEX Web site
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475 viewsPfeister's Island; March April 1974
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Pat Martin
AIDJEX Web site
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435 viewsPfeister's Island; March April 1974
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Pat Martin
AIDJEX Web site
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372 viewsPfeister's Island; March April 1974
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Pat Martin
AIDJEX Web site
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339 viewsPfeister's Island; March April 1974
Image Credit: NSIDC courtesy Pat Martin
AIDJEX Web site
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