NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, from Punta Arenas, Chile, to discuss the agency's Operation IceBridge. Researchers are using seven instruments aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory to map Antarctic ice surfaces and the features hidden below. The data are critical for understanding the dynamics of ice in West Antarctica and its impact on sea-level rise.

During the briefing, IceBridge scientists will provide an overview of the multi-year mission and an update on flights under way over Antarctica. They also will describe some of the observations made since flights began on Oct. 26.

The briefing participants are:

- Michael Studinger, IceBridge project scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Seelye Martin, research scientist (sea ice), University of Washington, Seattle
- Chris Shuman, research scientist (land ice), Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland, Baltimore County

For dial-in information, journalists must e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Kathryn Hansen at: kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

This is Operation IceBridge's second year monitoring Antarctic sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge HQ Release No. 10-105

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Sarah DeWitt/Kathryn Hansen
Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-0535/301-614-5883
sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov/kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov