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South Pole Ozonesonde Launch

By Nick Morgan · October 8, 2010 ·

SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Preparation for an ozonesonde launch takes place in the Balloon Inflation Facility (BIF) and begins about 7-10 days prior to launch day...

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A Midwinter Toast

By Nick Morgan · July 8, 2010 ·

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SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Station Manager Mel MacMahon leads the toast before midwinter meal at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. The occasion is in celebration of reaching the half way point of the long six months without seeing the sun.

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Tour the JOIDES Resolution

By Rob Dunbar · March 2, 2010 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, OFF THE COAST OF WILKES LAND, ANTARCTICA– In this video, Christina and I lead you on a brief tour of the JOIDES Resolution...

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A Sea of Icebergs

By Rob Dunbar · February 17, 2010 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, OFF THE COAST OF WILKES LAND, ANTARCTICA– We were in a sea of icebergs -- at least 100 icebergs in the vicinity, and the wind started to blow up to 70 knots and waves reached 30 feet...

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Flying through the Transantarctic Mountains

By Nick Morgan · February 12, 2010 ·

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SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- On my way to McMurdo for some quick dental repair, I was able to capture some spectacular video of the Transantarctic Mountains...

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A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill

By Heidi Roop · February 4, 2010 ·

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WAIS DIVIDE, ANTARCTICA-- Here is a short video that summarizes all of the steps in collecting an ice core using the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill...

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Detonation

By Lucas Beem · February 3, 2010 ·

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WHILLANS ICE STREAM, ANTARCTICA-- These two videos show the detonation of our excess explosives, used for seismic surveys of the base of the glacier...

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Inside the Sedimentology Lab

By Rob Dunbar · February 2, 2010 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, OFF THE COAST OF WILKES LAND, ANTARCTICA– In this video, see what happens to a sediment core after it comes on deck and gets delivered to the sedimentology lab...

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The South Pole’s Best View

By Nick Morgan · February 1, 2010 ·

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SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA-- Take in the view, see some of the ARO (Atmospheric Research Observatory) meteorological tower instruments, and watch a LC-130 Hercules land from one of the best views at the South Pole...

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Measuring a Glacier’s Motion

By Lucas Beem · January 30, 2010 ·

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WHILLANS ICE STREAM, ANTARCTICA-- There are two basic projects that we are working on through our field work in Antarctica. One is looking at changes in the ice surface motion through time. To do this we make three types of GPS measurement...

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