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171 viewsThe morning sunlight beaming down on the sea ice of Antarctica.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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171 viewsOne of several aerial shots taken on the day of the 1st of October from the AS350 Squirrel.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Vicky Lytle
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170 viewsThis shot overlooksthe edge of Seymour Island from Marambio Station.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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168 viewsResearchers used this radar sled to study land formations beneath the ice
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168 viewsOne of several aerial shots taken on the day of the 17th of October from the AS350 Squirrel, specifically a distinctive fracture line through a sheet of sea ice.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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166 viewsAn airborne view of the Aurora Australis, surrounded by sea ice, specifically overlapping nila.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor
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166 viewsThe Antarctic sunlight illuminating the surface of the sea ice, embossing the fracture lines.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Scott Stark
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165 viewsA pond formed amidst the surface of the sea ice.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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165 viewsAn aerial view of smooth snow-covered sea ice, particularly noting the sastrugi on the surface.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor
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164 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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164 viewsThe Megadunes team flew over the Scott Coast in Antarctica on the way to their field camp.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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164 viewsOne of several aerial shots taken from the AS350 Squirrel.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Rob Massom
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