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Taking Scientific Measurements22 viewsA lone station member taking snow line (snow survey) measurements. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements19 viewsDetermining instrument location by theodolite. A theodolite is a high-precision surveying instrument. Because the ice floes rotated and changed in topography as they drifted, undergoing freezing and thawing, station members needed to regularly determine the position of the instruments relative to each other and to North. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements20 viewsTwo station members traverse the snow survey line measuring snow density by weight. Image credit: EWG.
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286 viewsMark Serreze surveys the sea ice in Barrow, AK.
Image courtesy Mark Serreze, 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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306 viewsTed Scambos checks on the GPS/GPR surveying system during the 2002-03 Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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116 viewsTed Scambos poses with the GPS/GPR surveying system used during the Antarctic Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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125 viewsTed Scambos and Rob Bauer tow the GPS/GPR system to survey the Megadunes area.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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392 viewsTed Scambos with the GPS/GPR surveying system, Mt. Erebus in the background.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
     
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