Operation IceBridge's 2010 Arctic Campaign Takes Off: Reporters Package

  • Released Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicked off its second year of study in late March 2010. The IceBridge mission allows scientists to track changes in the extent and thickness of polar ice, which is important to understanding ice dynamics. IceBridge began in March 2009 as a means to fill the gap in polar observations between the loss of NASA's ICESat satellite and the launch of ICESat-2, planned for 1015. Annual missions fly over the Arctic in March and April and over the Antarctic in October and November. This video gives a brief overview of the start of the Arctic 2010 IceBridge campaign.

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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  • Operation Ice Bridge (Greenland, Spring 2010) Video File 2 (ID: 2010028)
    Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Tom Biddlecome (Raytheon)

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