NSIDC Photo & Image Gallery

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165 viewsOne of several aerial shots taken on the day of the 1st of October from the AS350 Squirrel.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Vicky Lytle

165 viewsThis shot overlooksthe edge of Seymour Island from Marambio Station.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site

164 viewsResearchers used this radar sled to study land formations beneath the ice

163 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

162 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

162 viewsAn airborne view of the Aurora Australis, surrounded by sea ice, specifically overlapping nila.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor

161 viewsThe Antarctic sunlight illuminating the surface of the sea ice, embossing the fracture lines.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Scott Stark

160 viewsAn aerial view of smooth snow-covered sea ice, particularly noting the sastrugi on the surface.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor

160 viewsOne of several aerial shots taken from the AS350 Squirrel.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Rob Massom

158 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