Gallery: Stunning Aerials From NASA’s Surveys of the Arctic

  • NASA Continues Efforts To Monitor Arctic Ice Loss With Research Flights Over Greenland and Canada
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    An ice field on Ellesmere Island, Canada
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    Sea ice meets land in Baffin Bay off the coast of Greenland
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    Sea Ice in Baffin Bay near Greenland
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    A section of glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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    A NASA avionic technician gazes out the window of Operation Icebridge’s Lockheed P-3
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    A glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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    Part of a glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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    Sea ice in Ellesmere, Island, Canada
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    Ice sheet along the Baffin Bay coast, Greenland.
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    An ice field, Ellesmere Island, Canada
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    A mission scientist on board Operation Icebridge's Lockheed P-3
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    A glacier near Greenland
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    Sea ice spotted from Operation Icebridge's Lockheed P-3
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    Ice field near Ellesmere Island, Canada.
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    Out the window of the Lockheed P-3 near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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