Field Study Sheds New Light on Melt Zone
Complete transcript available.
Five years after a NASA-funded field study returned to to set up camp once again in the melt zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet, a new study adds to the rich findings from this innovative project. We look back on this bold undertaking, which featured helicopters, floating drifters plunging into holes in the ice, and all-night shifts operating a sonic boogie board under endless daylight. Scientist Larry Smith, at the time with UCLA and now with Brown University, takes us back to the challenges on the ice and the important findings made with the hard-won data.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (USRA)
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Writers
- Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase)
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Videographers
- George Potter (Freelance)
- Saskia Madlener (Freelance, 77th Parallel Productions)
- Jefferson Beck (USRA)
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Scientists
- Laurence C. Smith (Brown University)
- Vena Chu (UC Santa Barbara)
- Åsa Rennermalm (Rutgers University)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, April 5, 2021.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:44 PM EDT.