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Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
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August 2016
A new tool through Worldview
The satellite era has ushered in massive streams of data, but how do researchers find exactly the data they need? NASA's new tool, Worldview, provides an easy visual way for users to explore Earth science data and find suitable products.
July 2016
Looking beyond Cape Disappointment
In February 2016, NSIDC researcher Ted Scambos traveled to Antarctica with a small group of scientists and a slew of instruments, all in hopes of catching the remainder of the Larsen B Ice Shelf complete its collapse. What they found may have been less spectuclar, but it was equally thrilling—as science is concerned.
February 2016
The sad tale of the St. Patrick Bay ice caps
As a young graduate student, Mark Serreze spent the summers of 1982 and 1983 studying two ice caps near St. Patrick Bay on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. These ice caps have dramatically shrunk over the past fifty years and and are likely to soon disappear entirely. Their imminent demise has hit Serreze, now NSIDC…
December 2015
A sharper view of the ice edge
In the waters north of Alaska, ships can go for weeks without seeing another vessel. Fog frequently blankets the region in the spring and summer when the sea ice melts and recedes towards the North Pole. This season of melt has attracted more oil-seeking rigs and vessels over the last five years, taxing the U.S. Coast Guard ships that patrol these waters.
