Gallery: Stunning Aerials From NASA’s Surveys of the Arctic
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An ice field on Ellesmere Island, Canada
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Sea ice meets land in Baffin Bay off the coast of Greenland
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Sea Ice in Baffin Bay near Greenland
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A section of glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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A NASA avionic technician gazes out the window of Operation Icebridge’s Lockheed P-3
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A glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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Part of a glacier near Ellesmere Island, Canada
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Sea ice in Ellesmere, Island, Canada
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Ice sheet along the Baffin Bay coast, Greenland.
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An ice field, Ellesmere Island, Canada
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A mission scientist on board Operation Icebridge's Lockheed P-3
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A glacier near Greenland
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Sea ice spotted from Operation Icebridge's Lockheed P-3
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Ice field near Ellesmere Island, Canada.
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