Operation IceBridge

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Ice Cap Recap May 26, 2011 11:39:26 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge has surveyed ice caps large and small, from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic.
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Measuring Gravity From a Moving Aircraft May 18, 2011 10:06:31 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Engineer Joël Dubé demystifies the airborne gravimeter, and explains how the technology is used to measure water depth beneath floating ice.
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Advancing Ice Science from All Angles May 06, 2011 05:46:54 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
On May 5, 2011, Operation IceBridge completed its third and final flight in conjunction with an experiment operated by the European Space Agency.
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The Long Wait Apr 29, 2011 05:59:55 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
It arrived, finally it arrived! The new B200 windshield is here and currently being installed.
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Mission Mop Up Apr 10, 2011 10:03:46 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Today's mission was a mix of the exciting and dull – from spectacular scenery over an ice cap, and up some glaciers and over Jakobshavn's calving front, to the monotonous but scientifically important back-and-forth mapping of Russell glacier.
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Battling the Arctic Chill Apr 07, 2011 09:08:40 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge crew overcome some chilly obstacles and begin a series of land ice flights over Greenland.
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A Five-Hour Survey Apr 07, 2011 09:08:04 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Watch a time-lapse of a five-hour ramp survey.
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P-3 Back in Service Apr 02, 2011 06:09:52 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Check out the tremendous effort by aircraft crew who were responsible for the speedy return to flight.
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LVIS is in the Building Apr 02, 2011 06:09:10 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Crewmembers are busy getting the B-200 King Air ready for its first flight with Operation IceBridge.
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P-3 Back in Flight Apr 02, 2011 05:42:52 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
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Keeping Us On Track Mar 27, 2011 11:32:08 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
How do IceBridge pilots fly such precise lines? By running computer programs that "sing" to the aircraft.
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Weathering the Storm Mar 22, 2011 02:48:35 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Spring officially arrived on Sunday, but for IceBridge scientists in Thule, Greenland, spring was nowhere to be seen.
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An Uncommon Routine Mar 21, 2011 03:51:56 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
For IceBridge teams, the “office” is a flying laboratory over the Arctic, where mission success calls for a daily grind of a different kind.
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View From the Hut Mar 21, 2011 03:51:43 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Ground stations provide a check up on IceBridge GPS data ... and a spectacular view.
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Teacher, Student Blog From the Arctic Mar 18, 2011 05:47:16 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
A teacher and student from the U.S. Naval Academy joined IceBridge in the field. Follow their Arctic adventure.
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Welcome to the 2011 Arctic Campaign Mar 16, 2011 05:13:24 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
NASA's Operation IceBridge campaign is back in the field for a 10-week airborne campaign to study Arctic land ice and sea ice.
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Operation IceBridge Completes Another Successful Antarctic Campaign Nov 22, 2010 04:34:08 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge researchers and crew have completed science flights over Antarctica and are heading home.
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What Could go Wrong? Nov 20, 2010 10:53:42 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
One simple and irrefutable fact of airborne science is that things will go wrong. John Sonntag recounts challenges -- and successes -- of the 2010 Antarctic mission as it draws to a close.
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Media Day in Chile Nov 17, 2010 10:29:43 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge scientists speak to Chilean and American media during video and audio teleconferences to explain Antarctic airborne science.
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Rollercoaster of Opportunity Nov 14, 2010 07:09:12 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Weather conditions weren't perfect, but were the best the Antarctic Peninsula had seen in a month.
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Finishing the Arc Nov 13, 2010 05:58:07 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
After two and a half days of waiting for a replacement part to be delivered from the United States to Punta Arenas, the Operation IceBridge team is back in the air again.
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A Three-Hour Car Survey Nov 10, 2010 03:23:21 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
While the DC-8 team hustled to get an aircraft part shipped from L.A., others shifted their focus from the air to the ground.
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The LVIS 86 Pole Flight Nov 05, 2010 01:40:46 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge flies around the South Pole to maximize data collected over previous obits from the Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite.
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Last Sea Ice Mission for 2010 Oct 31, 2010 11:16:28 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
DC-8 Dodges Weather Systems to Survey Sea Ice in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas
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Second Weddell Sea Ice Mission and CryoSat Underflight Oct 29, 2010 01:09:11 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Nathan Kurtz writes about his second ever science flight to the polar regions during a mission Oct. 28 that flew over sea ice in the Weddell Sea and underneath an ice-observing satellite.
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A Sea Ice Mission Over the Weddell Sea Oct 27, 2010 02:47:21 PM | Kathryn Hansen
 
IceBridge makes its first science flight of the Antarctic 2010 campaign. Here's a recap of the flight.
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Welcome to the Operation IceBridge 2010 Antarctic Campaign Oct 21, 2010 11:15:20 AM | Kathryn Hansen
 
Over the next couple of weeks, IceBridge teams will fly with the DC-8 over Antarctica to measure changes in thickness of the sea ice and to monitor changes in the thickness of ice sheets and glaciers.
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ICECAP Investigates East Antarctica Dec 30, 2009 11:10:49 AM | Ice Bridge
 
Scientists with the ICECAP field campaign are making airborne investigations over East Antarctica.
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