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- Mindy Nicewonger standing in front of a LC-130 Hercules outside of McMurdo Station, Antarctica
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- SPICE Core team after the first drill run, December 2014
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- Mindy Nicewonger showing off the “bubbly” ice from South Pole
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- The South Pole Ice Core camp and drilling tent.
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- Murat Aydin and others drilling a shallow ice core at the South Pole
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- Murat Aydin logging the South Pole Ice Core in the field
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- Mindy Nicewonger examining newly drilled ice samples
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- Mindy Nicewonger and Kimberly Casey in front of boxes of the South Pole Ice Core ready to be shipped back to the US.
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- Mindy Nicewonger with a 1-m long piece of the South Pole Ice Core.
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- Murat Aydin and others drilling a shallow ice core at the South Pole Station using a hand auger.
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- A visible volcanic ash layer in the South Pole Ice Core.
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- Mindy Nicewonger processing a 2-m long portion of the South Pole Ice Core. The green netting is used during the “brittle zone” to keep the core intact.
NASA NAAMES Cruises
(North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study)
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- Cyril, Jack, Mackenzie and Tom during the mobilization period.
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- R/V Atlantis in the middle of an Atlantic storm in May 2016. The viewpoint is from an LC-130. Photo by John Hair
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- Eric Saltzman assisting during the mobilization period.
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- Cyril McCormick and Tom Bell during the NAAMES cruise.
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- (L to R) Eric Saltzman, Warren de Bruyn, Tom Bell and Cyril McCormick inside the van.
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- Getting reading for the cruise! Clayton Elder, Tom Bell, Cyril McCormick, Mackenzie Grieman, and Jack Porter
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- Inside view of the “van” on the main deck. The van is a mobile lab with all the instruments safely secured inside away from the elements.
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- Jack Porter and Mackenzie Grieman prepping the equipment during the mobilization period. Eddy covariance instruments aid in trace gas air/sea flux measurements.
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- Particle into liquid sampler to collect aerosol samples over the North Atlantic.
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- The RV Atlantis during a storm as viewed from an LC-130. Photo by John Hair.
Lab Tours
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- Murat showing students an ice core sample
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- Kristal Verhulst giving a lab tour.
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- Kristal Verhulst showing students the ice cores storage freezers.