NASA | PIG Ice Shelf: First Contact

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This past January NASA scientist Robert Bindschadler led an expedition to a previously untouched part of Antarctica that may be one of the best places to gauge how global warming is affecting the continent. Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf (PIG for short) is believed to be among the most vulnerable spots ot melting on Earth, but it's also among the most remote. While satellite observations provide a wide-angle view of the action on the glacier, boots on the ground with high tech drills and sensors are needed to provide the close up shots to fill in the blanks.

Antarctica footage provided by Polar-Palooza/Passport to Knowledge.uncover.

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[a300pilotster]

Thanks for what you do NASA. We should encourage our kids to presue the sciences.

[Rigo0Jancsi]

Well, "indiot" might be the right word to describe you, sgeo2008...

[AtomFA]

FUCK NASA

[phasick]

love the bg music lol

[ACDC1343]

offcourse his name is Bob !

[franksaninocencio]

We need to move away from the coasts.

[sgeo2008]

No I am not an indiot - which is a polite way of saying "in the Obama thing"

[sgeo2008]

Go listen to CBN News Watch for April 22 then go to NASA website and search for sun activity. You're on you own from there in finding out why they need you to believe in Global Warming.

[beeohhski]

TO ALL THE GRAMMAR COPS DIE NOBODY CARES THAT YOU CAN SPELL

so get over it

[beeohhski]

it was an attack against grammar cops

[BlackCat9021]

Prove it! Where is the evidence?