Lastarria District
Santiago Talks After such wonderful field work airborne over Antarctica with the team, I had loads to share with students and teachers, and fortunately I had several talks set up. After saying "ciao…
OIB Crew
Nearing The End Nearing the end of my time with the NASA team made me want to spend as much time in flight as I possibly could, so lucky for me, we had a few flights ahead of us and good weather…
6th Grade Flags
Ice Shelves vs. Ice Sheets vs. Ice Tongue vs. Marine Ice Ice shelves are found in polar regions, at the edges of ice sheets. They occur as land based ice sheets meet the ocean waters and float out…
Larsen Ice Shelf
Calving of the Larsen Ice Shelf The Larsen Sea The Larson Sea is the site of the calving event 15 years ago that broke off the Larsen B ice shelf, sending it towards its demise to the north. This…
Icebergs vs. sea ice
To The Divide! After a down day for some repairs to the Airborne Topographic Mapper and staying on the ground to avoid some strong cross winds, our mission today was to measure the ice near the West…
Sea Ice 1
Get Me Some Getz! A visit to the most dynamic part of the Getz Ice Shelf brought us to some ice terrain that was heavily crevassed. This flight line allowed us to see the front of the shelf where it…
Ice Surface PIG
Calving Fronts are Amazing Places The Pine Island Glacier, or PIG, is 68,000 square miles, or roughly the size of Oklahoma. It is Antarctica's leading source of melt water, leading to 0.11 mm per…
Peninsula view
Surveying Thwaites Glacier, Marie Byrdland, Antarctica High, wide, and lonesome. I've heard that used to describe the high plains of Wyoming or eastern Montana, but not the high glaciers of…
instrtms
Hull Glacier-2 and the Getz Ice Sheet What is inside the plane is just as amazing as what is outside the plane. The phrase NASA uses is “the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever assembled”.…
datastripe
Sea Ice on the Weddell Sea Today we are traveling to the Weddell Sea to study the extent and thickness of the sea ice. We can see ourselves as a shadow on the ice. This is of special interest to…
DC-8
Flying Off the Map Mission control: "Data - Are we going to fly off the map today?" We've all found ourselves without a map when we need one, but this is different. We headed to the South Pole today…
Nadir Cam 1
NASA's DC-8 is a Very Special Plane This plane is very different from one you would normally travel on. There are no flight attendants, so we need to take care of our own food and liquid needs and…