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302 viewsWind and snow play among the icebergs.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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298 viewsTidal overflow steams in the evening light.
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294 viewsPilots move the Bell 212 out of the hangar at Thule Airforce Base.
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294 viewsA dogsled team drives across the sea ice, with icebergs in the background.
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288 viewsThe Sea-Ice Knowledge Exchange team arrives in Qaanaaq.
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277 viewsOn the way back to Thule Airforce Base.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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274 viewsView from the helicopter near the coast by Jakobshavn glacier, where the ice becomes very choppy.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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270 viewsWe land the helicopter on the ice sheet near the coast by Jakobshavn glacier. The Danish pilot, Karl, is shown tip-toeing over to where we are. There are deep crevasses here to avoid stepping into, some of them possibly hidden under the snow. Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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266 viewsA close-up from the helicopter of the choppy ice near the coast by Jakobshavn glacier. These patterns were almost as deep as a one-story house, I would guess.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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256 viewsView from the helicopter near the coast by Jakobshavn glacier, where the ice becomes very choppy.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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255 viewsGetting ready for a long journey by dogsled, Shari Gearheard and Yvon Csonka don polar bear pants.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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