The NASA P-3, coming in to land at a very snow Fairbanks airport
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
The NASA P-3, taxiing to it's spot on the ramp
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
Flight: Laxon Line
The crew begins to unload for customs in Fairbanks
Flight: Laxon Line
Sea ice scientist Melinda Webster walking into the FBO building
Flight: Laxon Line
Project Scientist Nathan Kurtz heading in to the FBO
Flight: Laxon Line
DMS operator Dennis Gearhart heading into the FBO
Flight: Laxon Line
The P-3 being warmed up for the first Fairbanks flight
Flight: Chukchi West
Flight: Chukchi West
The NASA P-3 post-flight on the Fairbanks ramp
Flight: Chukchi West
Scientists Linette Boisvert & Nathan Kurtz, discussing sea ice data
Flight: Chukchi West
The Brooks Range near Gates of the Arctic Nat'l Park
Flight: Chukchi West
Flaw lead near the Alaskan coast as we begin our run
Flight: Chukchi West
A lead in snow covered, deformed first year ice
Flight: Chukchi West
The view south along the northern section of today's flight line
Flight: Chukchi West
Linette Boisvert, enjoying the view of sea ice from the cockpit
Flight: Chukchi West
John Sonntag and Nathan Kurtz discussing tomorrow's forecast
Flight: Chukchi West
Ridged sea ice along an open/partially refrozen lead
Flight: Chukchi West
Nathan Kurtz observing sea ice
Flight: Chukchi West
Barchan shaped snow dunes on the sea ice
Flight: Chukchi West
Sea ice at the International Date Line
Flight: Chukchi West
A close-up of ice blocks that comprise a sea ice ridge
Flight: Chukchi West
Frozen flood ponds on the sea ice
Flight: Chukchi West
Finger-rafting of nilas (thin sea ice)
Flight: Chukchi West
Frozen & cracked, surface flood ponds on the sea ice
Flight: Chukchi West
The P-3 fueling in the early morning light
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
View into the cockpit during the transit NW
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
Sea ice and a rising sun, west of Point Lay
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
Surface wind-induced snow features and blowing snow
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
Large ice blocks in a pressure ridge
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
Wind-oriented frazil ice in a lead
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
A lead with brash and completely submerged sea ice
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
Melinda Webster watches the sea ice pass by from the aft of the P-3
Flight: North Beaufort Loop
The NASA P-3 on the Fairbanks ramp pre-flight with the full moon
Flight: East Beaufort Loop
The NASA P-3 on the Fairbanks ramp pre-flight
Flight: East Beaufort Loop
Ridged sea ice off the Canadian coast
Flight: East Beaufort Loop
Banks island, Canada from out over the sea ice
Flight: East Beaufort Loop
View of the Brooks Range near the Canadian Border
Flight: East Beaufort Loop
The NASA P-3 ready to transit to Thule
Flight: South Basin Transect
View of the Aurora and the north coast of Alaska
Flight: South Basin Transect
View of the Brooks Range from the P-3
Flight: South Basin Transect
The line from fast to pack ice just off the North American coast
Flight: South Basin Transect
A lead in the ice in the Beaufort sea
Flight: South Basin Transect
Flight: South Basin Transect
The high-altitude transit back to Thule over Ellesmere Island
Flight: South Basin Transect
Some nice leads in the Nares Strait, between Canada and Greenland
Flight: South Basin Transect
Hans Island in the Nares Strait
Flight: South Basin Transect
View of Hiawatha Glacier, in Inglefield Land, Greenland
Flight: South Basin Transect
The NASA P-3 on the Thule ramp, just having returned from Fairbanks
Flight: South Basin Transect
Mount Dundas during takeoff in a gorgeous morning sunrise
Flight: North Flux 02
View of North Mountain from over Wolstenholme Fjord
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Looking south over Southern Hayes Peninsula
Flight: North Flux 02
Coastal mountains along Southern Hayes Peninsula
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Cliffs along the northern side of Leidy Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Frozen lakes just north of Heilprin Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
The calving front of Tracy Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
Emily Schaller, on xchat with students down in the lower 48.
Flight: North Flux 02
Snow-covered creavasses on the upper part of Leidy glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
The cliffs along the east side of Ryder Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
A close-up of snow and rock layers, just east of Ryder Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
An ice lobe, just east of Ryder Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Between Ryder and C.H. Ostenfeld Glaciers
Flight: North Flux 02
Between Ryder and C.H. Ostenfeld Glaciers
Flight: North Flux 02
Meltwater channels in the ice on lower 79N Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Ripples where the front of 79N glacier meets an island.
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
A cliff along the south side of 79N glacier; Lambert Land
Flight: North Flux 02
Crevasses along the upper portion of 79N glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Distant mountains south of Zachariae Isstrom
Flight: North Flux 02
Crevasses on upper Melville Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Hart Glacier, twisting into Inglefield Fjord
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
An ice cap, just east of Bowdoin Glacier
Flight: North Flux 02
Flight: North Flux 02
A large iceberg in Inglefield Fjord
Flight: North Flux 02
Chamberlin Glacier and Pinguarssuit Sermiat
Flight: North Flux 02
The "ice wall" near Thule Air Base, from the air
Flight: North Flux 02
Dundas from the air, during a ramp pass
Flight: North Flux 02
The NASA P-3, just after it's first land ice flight of the year
Flight: North Flux 02
Project Scientist Nathan Kurtz, enjoying a good view of sea ice
Flight: Zig Zag West/CryoVEx
Open and refrozen sea ice leads north of Ellesmere Island
Flight: Zig Zag West/CryoVEx
A low sun highlights a significant moisture flux from an open sea ice lead
Flight: Zig Zag West/CryoVEx
The "rotator" lands, coming in from BWI with goods and people
Flight: CryoVEx Line
A close-up of the west cliffs along Petermann Glacier
Flight: CryoVEx Line
Heavily deformed sea ice just in the Lincoln Sea, just offshore
Flight: CryoVEx Line
A sea ice lead at the north end of the CryoVEx line
Flight: CryoVEx Line
View from the cockpit of the Polar-5 and POF planes that we are overflying.
Flight: CryoVEx Line
A close-up of the POF Twin Otter that we are about to overfly
Flight: CryoVEx Line
The NASA P-3 ready for it's second land ice flight of the year
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
The view inland near the start of today's line
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
A mountain along Yngvar Nielsen Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Icebergs and melange off of Gade Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
A large iceberg off of Rink Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
The sunrise just south of Peary Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
The front of Nordenskiold Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
A rock island off Nordenskiold Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Bare ice and snow dunes on Steenstrup Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Hayes Glacier to the right of the ice rise
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Passing by an island just south of Hayes Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Kullorsuaq (big thumb in Greenlandic) Island
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Just south of Nunatakavsaup Sermia
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Glacier striations just north of Igdlugdlip Sermia
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
The calving front of Cornell Glacier
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
The calving front of Upernavik Isstrom
Flight: Northwest Coastal A
Project Scientist Nathan Kurtz boarding the NASA P-3 for today's flight
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3's flight crew prepare the plane for today's flight
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 preparing for a land ice mission on the ramp in Thule
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 preparing for a land ice mission during sunrise
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 taking off from Thule Air Base, with the Greenland ice cap in the background
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 taking off from Thule Air Base, with the Greenland ice cap in the background
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 just after take off from Thule Air Base, Greenland
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 climbing after take off
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 climbing just after take off
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 circling over North Star Bay towards the first measurement line of the day
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 circling over North Star Bay towards the first measurement line of the day
Flight: North Central Gap 01
The NASA P-3 near Cape Atholl, heading towards the interior of the ice sheet
Flight: North Central Gap 01
