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![Windnagel digging a snow pit Windnagel digging a snow pit](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Other/photo-windnagel-snow-pit.jpg.webp?itok=qAdWArL4)
Ann Windnagel is a project manager at NSIDC. Her contributions span data set development, interactive applications, and research related to glaciers, sea ice, and snow. In this Q&A, she describes the many hats she has worn over the years, her biggest challenges, and her biggest rewards.
![The CAL FIRE Nevada Yuba Placer Unit clears roads among other rescue tasks The CAL FIRE Nevada Yuba Placer Unit clears roads among other rescue tasks](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Other/52738394352_2efc071254_o.jpg.webp?itok=Xn0A2PkT)
The 2023 winter brought record snowfall to California and other parts of the western United States, but unlike rain, snowfall is much more nuanced in its properties. Getting accurate snow depth data over a wide area is not easy. Read more about the challenges of garnering snow data and the tools behind snow data.
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Several representatives from NSIDC will be attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 to share their expertise and connect with Earth Science experts. We've compiled a list of all sessions in which NSIDC staff are involved, including presentations, posters, workshops and other discussions.
![This image of a wooden engraving depicts the USS Jeannette as it leaves San Francisco in 1879, en route to the North Pole. Credit: US Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph This image of a wooden engraving depicts the USS Jeannette as it leaves San Francisco in 1879, en route to the North Pole. Credit: US Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Event/jeannettefeatureimage.png.webp?itok=-Wclo1ru)
In July 1879, the USS Jeannette left port in San Francisco en route to the North Pole. What lay at the top of the world was still shrouded in mystery. Was it a warm inland sea, a sheet of ice, or open ocean? The crew set out to find out. The majority of the crew of the USS Jeannette perished during the journey, but their memory lives on through the invaluable scientific information that they laboriously collected and returned to civilization.
![Lewis Chessmen with reflection Lewis Chessmen with reflection](/sites/default/files/styles/content_wwo_desktop/public/images/Other/photo-LewisChessmen-NMS-Wiki_0.jpg.webp?itok=VPeo3tUd)
The Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database (G01377), archived by NOAA@NSIDC, has some of the oldest observations on record at NSIDC. The database includes observations dating back to the ninth century.
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If you have ever felt unsure of what to do next when finding, downloading, or working with a data product distributed by NSIDC, then our user resources are for you.