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NSIDC Scientific ExpeditionsOn Thin Ice:
Expedition to a Crumbling Ice Shelf
Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. Read their blog ...
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Icelights: Answers to your burning questions about ice and climate
What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? Read more...
What is the Cryosphere?
When scientists talk about the cryosphere, they mean the places on Earth where water is in its solid form, frozen into ice or snow. Read more ...
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Stewards of data, past and present
The map and mooring information was provided by Humfrey Melling, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, British Columbia, and Ignatius Rigor, University of Washington, Seattle.
Map isobaths are 2500 m. Oil company installations in the Okhotsk, Pechona, and Caspian Seas are not shown.
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