After breaking away from Pine Island Glacier, ice is set adrift in Pine Island Bay. The icebergs were visible from…
The DC-8 makes a turn over Pine Island Bay on Oct. 20, 2009, as it heads back up the glacier…
NASA’s DC-8 returns to Punta Arenas, Chile, after an eleven-hour flight on Oct. 21, 2009, to study sea ice in…
Sea ice is seen out the window of NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2009, as it flies 2,000…
Many glaciers could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight collected data…
Cracks in the ice could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight…
NASA’s DC-8, on its way to the nearest point to the South Pole during the mission, flew over the Transantarctic…
Punta Arenas, Chile, is where Operation Ice Bridge’s Antarctic campaign is based. Weather permitting, flights leave from the airport in…
Thin ice is spotted from NASA’s DC-8 aircraft from an altitude of 1,500 feet during a successful flight over Antarctica’s…
