Antarctic Flights Resume

NASA's DC-8 over the Pacific during transit to Chile. (Credit: NASA/Jim Yungel)

Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne mission to study Earth’s changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceBridge’s return to the Antarctic comes almost a year after the discovery of a large rift in the continent’s Pine Island Glacier.

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Ice on Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains, 10/22/2012 Ice on the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica as seen from the IceBridge DC-8 on Oct. 22, 2012. The Ellsworth Mountains are home to Antarctica’s highest point, Vinson Massif (16,050 ft / 4,892 m). Credit: NASA / James Yungel