NASA | From the Cockpit: The Best of IceBridge Arctic '13

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The views from the cockpit of NASA's P-3B aircraft on an Operation IceBridge campaign are truly stunning. The mission doesn't travel to both ends of the Earth for the scenery of course -- the airborne mission is there to collect radar, laser altimetry, and other data on the changing ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice of the Arctic and Antarctic. But for those of us who aren't polar pilots, here's a selection of some of the best footage from the forward and nadir cameras mounted to the aircraft taken during IceBridge's spring deployment over Greenland and the Arctic Ocean.

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. The first IceBridge flights were conducted in March/May 2009 over Greenland and in October/November 2009 over Antarctica. Other smaller airborne surveys around the world are also part of the IceBridge campaign.

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I just love it. The backwards synth. too

itsasnap
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Landed at Thule AFB in 1969 in a military charter and could not see through the windows. What a treat to be able to finally see it in daylight. It looks as cold as I remember it.

mieleman
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Incredible. I'm glad I stayed to watch the whole things.

andrewgaspar
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Ran across this awesome video today 2.14.14. Shared on my
Facebookj's timeline and NASA Plus

VNUSA
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awesome video from nature thay I like ! the icy in Antartica will disappear when you build any buildings on it . thank you for sharing .
have a nice weekend !

nutier
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This is one of those "I want that job!" moments for me.

MisterOulixeus
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its a shame when a video like this won't play on your

patrickaucoin
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Such important work - you're lucky it's also so beautiful! Completely amazing... Thanks NASA

danielmiller-lionberg
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Nice! Spent two months at Thule in 1985.

MartyBecker
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Always great dreams with NASA, thank you:)

ValiaUs
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Úžasná je tá naša "modrá" planéta . Chráňme si ju .

TheAngel
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I love it.
Boring yet beautiful scenery.

nishbrown
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QUE HERMOSO ES VIAJAR CON LA NASA, Y LO QUE SE APRENDE CON ESTOS VÍDEOS. LO ÚNICO UN DETALLE, ES EL IDIOMA. ¿COMO SE PUEDE SOLUCIONAR?.

esterpagano
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wow thats amazing i like that and i want visit

savanceke
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Those mountains look so tiny. I bet they would be huge url

SuperScallopKing
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how do you know they earn money? has somebody told you so? there are no ads to support them on the first place and i haven't seen a way they would earn money

osfponikhths
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if NASA had engaged my mind like this 50 years ago....

ssprince
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Just watch it again but notice on the right this time 2 struts(?) come into view...I'd say just a reflection

kaosinc
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Lol someone needs to clean those lenses, but otherwise, stunning footage

ykjt
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What's the music in the first part of the vid?

metiz