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  1. Poor weather forecast for the Peninsula so no more science flights. Planning to pack the aircraft Sunday and leave Punta Arenas on Monday. 5:29 AM Nov 21st from web
  2. The forecast doesn't look so good so we've scrubbed tonight's flight. We'll plan for a 9 am local takeoff tomorrow. 11:55 AM Nov 20th from web
  3. Plan for our last Antarctic flight: 5pm local takeoff today to catch a possible weather opening on the Peninsula (24-hr daylight there now). 5:59 AM Nov 20th from web
  4. Our stats since the mission started: 21 flights over Antarctica and 96,564 statute miles flown -- equal to about 4 times round the world! 10:01 AM Nov 19th from web
  5. Tough weather situation today for a return to Thwaites. After consulting with the local weather staff, we cancelled for the day. 5:44 AM Nov 19th from web
  6. A successful flight yesterday to the Thwaites Glacier region. All instruments reported successful measurements. 5:35 AM Nov 19th from web
  7. [Video] Here is a VERY close-up view of Antarctic sea ice from a special camera system onboard the DC-8. http://tr.im/Ffdy 12:55 PM Nov 18th from web
  8. The DC-8 is off again this morning from Punta Arenas -- our 21st flight of the mission! Target today is Thwaites Glacier. 5:19 AM Nov 18th from web
  9. AMAZING photos from yesterday's DC-8 flight down mountain glacier valleys to the ice shelf edge. Thanks to Michael S! http://tr.im/F8IZ 5:48 AM Nov 17th from web
  10. Monday's flight to the Larsen Ice Shelf and nearby glaciers a success. Pics to come. 4:20 AM Nov 17th from mobile web
  11. Our 2,000th follower signed up today! We have a lot more (5 years) science & polar exploration coming your way. Thanks everyone! 11:03 AM Nov 16th from web
  12. DC-8 is off on another Antarctic flight today -- an 11-hour roundtrip to the Larsen Ice Shelf. 11:00 AM Nov 16th from web
  13. Space Station astronauts are keeping an eye on glaciers too. Here's a pic from last month of Argentina's Upsala Glacier. http://tr.im/F44t 5:20 AM Nov 16th from web
  14. Yesterday's flight over the Evans ice stream had mostly clear sky, so we got a lot of data. Larsen Ice Shelf may be the target today. 5:11 AM Nov 16th from web
  15. We're off again to Antarctica. DC-8 left Punta Arenas this morning to fly to the Evans Glacier area of the Peninsula. 7:24 AM Nov 15th from web
  16. Flight today cancelled. The airport tug that moves the DC-8 to the taxi area broke down. Should be fixed for a flight tomorrow. 6:33 AM Nov 14th from web
  17. Some VERY thin ice in Pine Island Bay, glimpsed during our Antarctic flight on Monday. http://tr.im/ETZx 11:01 AM Nov 13th from web
  18. http://twitpic.com/pdfo7 - Early data from Nov. 5 flight: A high-altitude topographic map of Crane Glacier from the NASA Goddard LVIS instru 10:34 AM Nov 13th from TwitPic
  19. Dodged clouds yesterday over Abbot Ice Shelf for a very productive science flight. Weather over Antarctica bad today, so no flight planned. 4:57 AM Nov 13th from web
  20. On our way to the Abbot Ice Shelf now. Clouds may be an issue, but this is our first chance to fly over this area during the mission. 7:41 AM Nov 12th from web
  • Name NASA
  • Location United States
  • Web http://www.nasa.gov
  • Bio NASA Earth Science's multi-year airborne campaign to track changes in Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets & sea ice.
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