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South Pole Ozonesonde Launch

By Nick Morgan · October 8, 2010 · comments 4 comments
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... {Read More »}


Meet a PolarTREC Teacher

By Zoe Courville · July 17, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- Meet Craig Beals, a high school teacher from Billings, Montana, working primarily with snow photochemist Dr. Barry Lefer and his group, helping them to collect data... {Read More »}


Tethered Balloon Launch

By Zoe Courville · July 15, 2008 · comments 1 comment
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- In this video dispatch, meet Dr. Craig Clements from San Jose State University, a micrometereologist studying the atmosphere above Summit with an interesting-looking piece of equipment... {Read More »}


The Balloon Launch

By Zoe Courville · June 24, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- Summit Science Techs Andy Clarke and Steve Munsell launch a balloon to measure ozone (and temperature and pressure) above camp. {Read More »}


Sky-High Science

Despite its reputation for some of the coldest, fiercest weather on the planet, Antarctica is the hot spot for the little-known but expanding field of scientific ballooning, including NASA’s Ultra Long Duration Balloon Project. {Read More »}