Partnership with Greenland
IceBridge
IceBridge, a six-year NASA mission, is the largest airborne survey of
Earth's polar ice ever flown. It will yield an unprecedented
three-dimensional view of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves
and sea ice. These flights will provide a yearly, multi-instrument look
at the behavior of the rapidly changing features of the Greenland and
Antarctic ice.
Data collected during IceBridge will help
scientists bridge the gap in polar observations between NASA's Ice,
Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) -- in orbit since 2003 --
and ICESat-2, planned for late 2015. ICESat stopped collecting science
data in 2009, making IceBridge critical for ensuring a continuous series
of observations.
IceBridge will use airborne instruments to map
Arctic and Antarctic areas once a year. IceBridge flights were
conducted in March/May 2009 and 2010 over Greenland and in
October/November 2009 and 2010 over Antarctica. Other smaller airborne
surveys around the world are also part of the IceBridge campaign.
Learn more about IcebBridge on their website and on Flickr!
NASA/Icebridge in the media
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Inland Ice Melts Faster Than Expected : Story on IceBridge from DR P1 on April 20, 2012
Special NASA planes measure the Greenland Ice Sheet : Story on IceBridge from DR P1 on April 21, 2012
High School Teachers Fly across the Inland Ice : Story on IceBridge from DR P1 on April 26, 2012