Arctic Sea Ice

    On July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieved a canister dropped by parachute from a C-130, which brought supplies for some mid-mission fixes.

    The ICESCAPE mission, or "Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment," is NASA's two-year shipborne investigation to study how changing conditions in the Arctic affect the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems. The bulk of the research takes place in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas in summer 2010 and 2011.

    Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen

    For updates on the five-week ICESCAPE voyage, visit the mission blog at: go.usa.gov/WwU

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    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.

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    1. ★

      ellenzilla, PrawnFM 05, Some Guy (Art), Itinerant Wanderer, and 249 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. lauren • b (20 months ago | reply)

      This is pretty freaking beautiful...seriously

    3. Rudy Malmquist (20 months ago | reply)

      do NASA employees not leave footprints?

    4. shutterbroke (20 months ago | reply)

      Excellent way of showing how huge that ice really is.

    5. nj1890v (20 months ago | reply)

      Gorgeous!

    6. ♫ Lion ♫ (20 months ago | reply)

      Wow

    7. Primula Rossa  (20 months ago | reply)

      breathtaking proportions:)

    8. Rafał P. (20 months ago | reply)

      Cool picture!

    9. dodagp (20 months ago | reply)

      A fabulous icescape!
      The humans' presence makes it more exciting.

    10. DarkAngelDay (20 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic shot!!!

    11. OnceAndFutureLaura (20 months ago | reply)

      beautiful.

    12. Amarbat (20 months ago | reply)

      Amazing shot!

    13. annalisass (20 months ago | reply)

      meravigliosa-

    14. gotridofmypics [deleted] (19 months ago | reply)

      Snowshoes, or flippers required!!! Great picture.

    15. alamos26 (19 months ago | reply)

      Genial !

    16. Ionut Iordache (17 months ago | reply)

      Excellent!

    17. Harry Nones (17 months ago | reply)

      the curves of the ice water are lovely

    18. marcellucray (17 months ago | reply)

      fabulous

    19. This photo was invited and added to the worldlightning group.

    20. TheEpicEngine (12 months ago | reply)

      Great shot and thanks for offering it as creative commons. It has been featured on the adventure lifestyle blog TheEpicEngine.com
      www.theepicengine.com/2012/05/25/the-daily-ep ic-5/

    21. Frontierofficial (2 months ago | reply)

      Great photo! This photo has been used by www.frontiergap.com in a blog post:
      gapyearblog.org.uk/blog/2013/3/28/5-most-extr eme-places-t...
      Thanks for sharing.

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