Earth ID: 10845

Operation IceBridge Antarctica 2011 Mission Preview

Released on October 13, 2011

In preparation for Operation IceBridge's Antarctica 2011 campaign, flight crews at NASA Dryden worked to outfit the DC-8 aircraft — NASA's long-haul "workhorse" — with an array of different instruments designed to measure sea ice, ice sheets, and even the bedrock below Antarctic glaciers.

Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Michael Studinger (UMD): Interviewee
Frank Cutler (NASA/Dryden): Interviewee
Jefferson Beck (USRA): Producer
Michael Studinger (UMD): Scientist
Brian Soukup (Arcata Associates Inc.): Videographer

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Keywords:
SVS >> Antarctic
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Airplane
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> IceBridge
SVS >> Dryden Flight Research Center
NASA Science >> Earth

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