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Scientific Instruments28 viewsA close-up view of a pyranometer, which measures diffuse solar radiation. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments28 viewsA radio-sounding locator antenna. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments28 viewsAn IVO device for measuring the base height of cloud cover. IVO is the Russian abbreviation for this instrument. Image credit: EWG.
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Drifting Station Ceremonies27 viewsPart of the opening ceremonies involved the firing of guns and rifles. Image credit: EWG.
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Life on a Drifting Station25 viewsA biplane landing near an iceberg, off the Laptev Sea. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements25 viewsA lone station member taking snow line (snow survey) measurements. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements24 viewsGerman Maximov collecting the measurement of direct solar radiation. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements24 viewsNot all measurements required venturing outside. Aerologists Makurin and Ippolitov recording radio-sounding data at NP-16 in 1968. Image credit: EWG.
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Ice Hazards23 views"Pedestaling" occurs in summer because structures shade the ice and snow beneath from the sun's heat. Although this supply bag offers an example on a small scale, pedestaling frequently occurred around buildings and large structures. Image credit: EWG.
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Arctic Buildings22 viewsEven if materials didn't need to be housed within a building, storing them outside also posed difficulties. Supplies were stacked on fuel barrels to elevate them above the snow and to protect them from melt water during summer. Image credit: EWG.
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Ice Hazards22 viewsWhen a pond melts, a whirlpool forms, emptying the pond in minutes. This photograph of a melt pond whirlpool is from NP-6. Image credit: EWG.
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Taking Scientific Measurements22 viewsTwo station members traverse the snow survey line measuring snow density by weight. Image credit: EWG.
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