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November 10, 2010
EARTH OBSERVATION
Go For Getz And A South Pole Flyover
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2010
On Nov. 4, 2010, the DC-8 flew over South Pole Station, a research station at Earth's geographic South Pole, before heading back to IceBridge's mission base in Punta Arenas, Chile. Credit: Digital Mapping System (DMS) group. On Nov. 5, IceBridge flew a newly designed mission over West Antarctica's Getz Ice Shelf, completing the fifth flight of the Antarctic 2010 campaign. The survey supplements a similar flight made in 2009, this time with an additional focus on gravity-oriented measurements ... read more

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