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	  document.getElementById('captionBox').innerHTML = 'AVHRR image of West Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica on 27 January 2001. Image courtesy of NSIDC\'s <a href="/data/iceshelves_images/index.html">Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves</a> Web site.<br><br><br>';
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      document.getElementById('captionBox').innerHTML = 'SMMR Northern Hemisphere browse image for 01 January 2008 with 25 km resolution, in the 37 GHz channel. Refer to the <em><a href="/data/nsidc-0032.html">DMSP SSM/I Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures</a></em> data set for more information. Image courtesy of NSIDC.';
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      document.getElementById('captionBox').innerHTML = 'TOVS browse image displaying Temperature at 70 Mb, one of the many possible variables of the <em><a href="/data/nsidc-0027.html">TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily Arctic Gridded Atmospheric Parameters</a></em> data set. Image courtesy of NSIDC.';
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