Operation IceBridge - Spring Svalbard Sea Ice
On April 7, 2017, Operation IceBridge flew the distinct Zig Zag East mission. This flight started in the rugged fjords of Svalbard, passed over hundreds of miles of sea ice en route to the North Pole, flew through the narrow Nares Strait, and finally returned the team back to Thule Air Base in Greenland.
The clip below shows dramatic sea ice encountered north of Svalbard as the mission prepard to cross the Fram Strait (the primary pathway that sea ice from the Arctic Basin gets out to warmer ocean). This type of sea ice is commonly referred to as broken pack ice.
Springtime sea ice off of the coast of the Svalbard archipelago. Filmed during the 2017 Arctic campaign.
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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Videographer
- Jefferson Beck (USRA)
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This page was originally published on Monday, December 9, 2019.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:45 PM EDT.