Notes from the Field

Standing just a few meters from the sea ice, one can see just how dynamic, variable, and beautiful the ice cover can be.

Monitoring mangroves in Guyana with Synthetic Aperture Radar.

SERVIR team members traveled to Bangkok, where they connected researchers with the tools to use Synthetic Aperture Radar data to monitor forests and estimate biomass.

MOSAiC expedition scientists prepare for research aboard an icebreaker, which has been frozen into the Arctic sea ice for about three months.

Scientists wrapped up balloon launching operations in Antarctica and turned their attention to the next campaign in Wanaka, New Zealand.

When it comes to getting around in Antarctica, McMurdo Station is like an off road testing facility of continental-sized proportions.

The coolest thing about spending the New Year at the South Pole is the ceremony to place a geodetic benchmark on the geographic South Pole, or 90°S.

Scientists prepare for the third Antarctic traverse, where they will collect ground-based data to validate elevation measurements from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite.

While everyone waits for the ball to drop in Times Square, scientists are working to send balloons up in Antarctica.