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Operation Ice Bridge
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Sea ice and ice bergs in Sulzberger Bay

Today's mission plan and P-3 trajectory.

IceBridge's First Antarctic Campaign from McMurdo Station

The IceBridge mission will conduct daily survey flights through Nov. 26 on a NASA P-3 research aircraft from a base of operations at McMurdo Station.

IceBridge Prepares for Mission of "Firsts"

Members of the IceBridge team arrived at McMurdo Station Nov. 12, 2013 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft.

Airborne Campaign to Map Greenland Ice Sheet Summer Melt Begins

Operation IceBridge will carry out a first-ever campaign to gather data on changes in Greenland's ice following the summer melt season.

NASA Data Reveals Mega-Canyon under Greenland Ice Sheet

A study using data primarily from NASA's Operation IceBridge has found a canyon in the bedrock beneath Greenland's ice sheet that is longer than the Grand Canyon.

Change of Venue for NASA's IceBridge Antarctic Operations

For the first time ever, NASA's Operation IceBridge will fly scientific surveys out of McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Antarctic Glacier Calves Iceberg One-Fourth Size of Rhode Island

This week a European Earth-observing satellite confirmed that a large iceberg broke off of Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica's largest and fastest moving ice streams. The rift that led to the new iceberg was discovered in October 2011 during NASA's Operation IceBridge flights over the continent.

IceBridge Contributes to New Map of Antarctica

The new map's improved precision will lead to better calculations of Antarctic ice volume and its potential contribution to sea level rise.

Science Teachers See NASA IceBridge Research

NASA's Operation IceBridge hosted three science teachers during their recent Arctic field campaign, giving these educators a first-hand polar science experience that they could use to teach and inspire their students.

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