Sea ice is seen out the window of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2009, as it flies 2,000…
NASA's DC-8 returns to Punta Arenas, Chile, after an eleven-hour flight on Oct. 21, 2009, to study sea ice in…
Cracks in the ice could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight…
Many glaciers could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight collected data…
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…
Antarctic ice meets the ocean, seen here from NASA's DC-8 aircraft during a successful flight over Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier…
The flight on Nov. 16 took scientists through a tour of the Antarctic cryosphere, including this look at a steep…
The edge of the Larsen Ice Shelf meets open water and sea ice, viewed from above during the 20th Ice…
