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145 viewsAn airborne view of the Aurora Australis on the way back from an aerial data collection trip.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Andi Pfaffling
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144 viewsThe Aurora Australis breaking its way through the sea ice of the Antarctic waters.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Erica Key
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144 viewsThe research teams aboard the Aurora Australis conducting research out on the sea ice, with some feathered friends in keen observation (left).
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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144 viewsAn in-flight view of the overlapping nila.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Alice O'Connor
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143 viewsThis aerial image of an icefall shows a cliff of ice, formed by a region of rapidly flowing ice.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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142 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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142 viewsFrom Left (Clockwise): Ted Scambos, Pedro Skvarca, Jonathan Thom, and Ronald Ross discuss the specs of the weather station tripod to be deployed on AMIGOSberg.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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141 viewsThis aerial image of an icefall shows a cliff of ice, formed by a region of rapidly flowing ice.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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141 viewsThe icebreaker Aurora Australis is patiently awaiting the return of the scientific teams and their equipment. Several stops similar to the one shown here were made along the expedition.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Rachel Marsh
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140 viewsThis is one in a series of shots taken of the sastrugi in the Megadunes area.
Sastrugi are usually just a foot or so high, but the Megadunes camp region had huge formations, over three feet (one meter) tall.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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139 viewsThe Megadunes expedition camp tents included the Arctic Chief (red) and the PolarHaven (blue).
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
Megadunes Web site
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138 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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