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204 viewsMatienzo Base is situated on the protruding tip of the Antarctic Coast.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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203 viewsA scientist poses next to the radar sled during the LARISSA expedition in Antarctica
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203 viewsWhile out in the field, the crew had some feathered bystanders (emperor penguins) watching from an unusually close distance.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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201 viewsThis aerial photo looks down at the Research Vessel N. B. Palmer, from a helicopter
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201 viewsMegadunes are slightly rounded at their crests and are so subtle that a person on the ground cannot see the pattern. In this aerial photograph, the megadune area looks like light and dark stripes in the snow.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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2201 viewsAn above view of one of the holes drilled to take ice core samples during the research on the sea ice.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Erica Key
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200 viewsThe moon as seen from the Antarctic waters along the ARISE Cruise.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Rachel Marsh
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200 viewsEsperanza Base in Antarctica is surrounded by mountains.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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199 viewsAn aerial view of the overlapping nila breaking off from the smooth snow-covered sea ice.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor
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197 viewsThis in-flight photo shows James Ross Island.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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196 viewsThe team was stuck in the tent for 2 weeks while a storm prevented the airplane from landing.
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196 viewsA seal appears to wink at the camera.
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