On October 20, 2009, the NASA DC-8 flew over the Antarctic to conduct surveys of the Pine Island Glacier. This survey is part of Operation ICEBridge - an airborne science mission gathering data on changes in ice thickness and extent to better understand the effects of global warming.
For more information on Operation ICEBridge and the NASA DC-8, go to http://www.nserc.und.edu/.
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