Monday, April 18, 2011

ICESCAPE

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:00:00 -0500

The terrain for the scientific work conducted by ICESCAPE scientists on July 4, 2010, was Arctic sea ice and melt ponds in the Chukchi Sea. The five-week field mission was dedicated to sampling the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the ocean and sea ice. Impacts of Climate change on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment, or ICESCPE Mission, is a multi-year NASA shipborne project. The bulk of the research will take place in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea's in summer of 2010 and fall of 2011. Image Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen

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