Mission Gallery

A canyon in shadow, Antarctic Peninsula
Dirty blue ice, Antarctic Peninsula
Dirty blue ice, Antarctic Peninsula
DC-8 shadow on a mountain in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map of today's flight
Today’s visitors onboard the DC-8 returning from a very successful flight, including NASA Associate Administrator Dava Newman, US Ambassador to Chile Carol Perez, and a film crew helmed by Rory Kennedy
Sims Island in Stange Sound. There’s a penguin colony in there, so IceBridge didn’t approach it.
New sea ice with finger rafting next to older sea ice floes
Iceberg near Spaatz Island
ATM T6 mapping of a crevasse field
ATM T6 mapping of a crevasse field
Map of today's flight
The DC-8 flew beneath its own contrail, left behind about 90 minutes prior, while flying near the South Pole
Sea ice west of the Antarctic Peninsula
Elevation along the eastern portion of the pole hole
Elevation along the eastern portion of the pole hole
FLIR brightness temperature over South Pole, offset from DMS image, pointing out building heat signatures
Nadir view of South Pole Station from 20,000’ AGL
Nadir view of South Pole Station from 20,000’ AGL
Map of today's flight
MCoRDS data collection showing significant subglacial relief associated with Dyer Plateau pyramidal nunataks
MCoRDS data collection showing significant subglacial relief associated with Dyer Plateau pyramidal nunataks
ATM T6 swath map of crevassing
ATM T6 swath map of crevassing
The Feature 2: Zoom-in on the blue ice exposures on rock ridge, possibly filling in subglacially quarried cavities
The Feature 1: Unusual blue ice exposures next to and on a broad rock ridge, beneath a sharper ridgeline, Palmer Land
Pyramidal nunataks on the Dyer Plateau
Mt. Balfour, which splits the lower reaches Fleming Glacier, with tidewater glacier terminus in the foreground
Map of today's flight
Return from flight
NASA DC-8 Returns from the Hamilton Line mission (pole hole East)

 

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